Baghdad vs Jacksonville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Jacksonville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$2364
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$5468
🏠 One person rent	$423	$1431
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$2461
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$3990
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	56
😀 Quality of life	54	87
🏙️ Population	8.13M	950K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 62% less expensive than in Jacksonville. Cities ranked 6020th and 1022nd ($904 vs $2364) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 935th in Iraq and the United States, respectively. Check Iraq vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 1.7 months in Jacksonville. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Jacksonville ranked 77th in the United States, while ranked 5970th and 293rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Jacksonville

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	Baghdad	Jacksonville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$86
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$6.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$4.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$1470
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$1193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$2901
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$2044
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$179
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$3106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$2417
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$62.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$23.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$3.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$4.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$10.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$4.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$4.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$7.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$3.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$36.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$1306
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$11096

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Cities near Baghdad

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Ctesiphon	$752
33 km or 21 mi	Abu Ghraib	$960
47 km or 29 mi	Al-Karmah	$833
49 km or 30 mi	Baqubah	$659
59 km or 37 mi	Fallujah	$817
89 km or 55 mi	Karbala	$580
96 km or 60 mi	Hillah	$651
104 km or 65 mi	Ramadi	$766
106 km or 66 mi	Samarra	$680
147 km or 91 mi	Kufa	$570
147 km or 91 mi	Najaf	$587
155 km or 96 mi	Tikrit	$641
159 km or 99 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$467
160 km or 100 mi	Kut	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Ilam	$659
235 km or 146 mi	Kirkuk	$508
240 km or 149 mi	Samawah	$582
262 km or 163 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$676
267 km or 166 mi	Kermanshah	$963
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$536
307 km or 191 mi	Amarah	$683
308 km or 191 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
318 km or 198 mi	Erbil	$854
322 km or 200 mi	Sanandaj	$449
324 km or 201 mi	Baneh	$531
356 km or 221 mi	Mosul	$597
364 km or 226 mi	Saqqez	$533
365 km or 227 mi	Khorramabad	$554
378 km or 235 mi	Piranshahr	$476
378 km or 235 mi	Mahabad	$458
381 km or 236 mi	Andimeshk	$577
387 km or 241 mi	Dezful	$583
389 km or 242 mi	Bukan	$536
404 km or 251 mi	Sinjar	$672
406 km or 252 mi	Borujerd	$505
410 km or 255 mi	Duhok	$646
411 km or 255 mi	Hamadan	$443
420 km or 261 mi	Malayer	$469
431 km or 268 mi	Miandoab	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Dorud	$513

Cities near Jacksonville

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Jacksonville Beach	$2247
26 km or 16 mi	Fleming Island	$2238
49 km or 31 mi	St. Marys	$2271
74 km or 46 mi	Palatka	$2196
96 km or 60 mi	Palm Coast	$2136
98 km or 61 mi	Gainesville	$1969
120 km or 75 mi	Waycross	$2211
127 km or 79 mi	Ormond Beach	$2144
134 km or 83 mi	Ocala	$1957
137 km or 85 mi	Daytona Beach	$2064
147 km or 91 mi	DeLand	$2278
147 km or 91 mi	Port Orange	$2212
159 km or 99 mi	New Smyrna Beach	$2327
163 km or 101 mi	Deltona	$2265
163 km or 101 mi	Eustis	$2286
167 km or 104 mi	Edgewater	$2308
167 km or 104 mi	Valdosta	$1502
169 km or 105 mi	Hinesville	$2018
169 km or 105 mi	Leesburg	$2269
174 km or 108 mi	Sanford	$2294
183 km or 114 mi	Apopka	$2371
184 km or 114 mi	Winter Springs	$2336
186 km or 115 mi	Altamonte Springs	$2384
187 km or 116 mi	Casselberry	$2373
189 km or 118 mi	Oviedo	$2335
194 km or 120 mi	Winter Park	$2440
194 km or 121 mi	Ocoee	$2392
195 km or 121 mi	Winter Garden	$2366
197 km or 122 mi	Clermont	$2316
200 km or 124 mi	Savannah	$2204
200 km or 124 mi	Orlando	$2576
202 km or 126 mi	Pooler	$2171
208 km or 129 mi	Titusville	$2181
209 km or 130 mi	Brooksville	$2280
223 km or 138 mi	Bluffton	$2577
224 km or 139 mi	Hilton Head Island	$2634
225 km or 140 mi	Kissimmee	$2295
233 km or 145 mi	St. Cloud	$2289
237 km or 147 mi	Zephyrhills	$2104
237 km or 148 mi	Statesboro	$1897