Baghdad vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$734
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$1795
🏠 One person rent	$423	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$716
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$242
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$692
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	60	54
😀 Quality of life	54	60
🏙️ Population	8.13M	1.26M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 23% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 6020th and 6742nd ($904 vs $734) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 21st in Iraq and Russia, respectively. Check Iraq vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Kazan ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 5970th and 5162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Kazan

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	Baghdad	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$31.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$3.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$861
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$561
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$5.82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	15.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$2754
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$1894
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$3.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$8.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$4.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$8.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$216
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$4497

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$592
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$612
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$637
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$590
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$656
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$438
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$508
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$524
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$605
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$672
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$595
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$538
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$555
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$554
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$549
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$681
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$540
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$534
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$561
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$564
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$569
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$719
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$600
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$528
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$675
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$676
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$596
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$592
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$867