Baghdad vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Baghdad Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$859
$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2087
$1307
🏠 One person rent
$386
$210
🏘️ Family rent
$730
$392
🍽️ Food expenses
$259
$191
🚐 Transport expenses
$147
$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$476
$361
😷 Air quality
Bad
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
11 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
59
60
😀 Quality of life
52
56
🏙️ Population
8.13M
1.42M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 71% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6246th and 8657th ($859 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 17th in Iraq and Ukraine, respectively. Check Iraq vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 0.7 months in Kharkiv. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 6059th and 5755th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Kharkiv

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Baghdad Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$4.99
$5.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$31.2
$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$7.14
$4.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$3.15
$1.11
☕ Cappuccino
$3.39
$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.42
$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$422
$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$236
$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$841
$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$509
$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$78.3
$52.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$120
$82.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$34.6
$4.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
7.71%
17.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2117
$1198
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$924
$685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.75
$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$25.5
$7.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$16.1
$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.46
$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.27
$0.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.84
$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.31
$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.95
$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.74
$7.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$5.53
$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$12.5
$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.04
$0.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.13
$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.03
$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.67
$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.67
$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.64
$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.37
$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.97
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$14.8
$4.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.94
$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.2
$1.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$3.22
$4.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.49
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.43
$0.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.69
$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$34.2
$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$7.83
$4.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$18.9
$9.07
💇 Haircut, simple
$6.36
$3.03
👖 Brand Jeans
$30.3
$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$62.4
$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$153
$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$3224
$2513

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$737
33 km or 21 mi Abu Ghraib
$959
47 km or 29 mi Al-Karmah
$827
49 km or 30 mi Baqubah
$655
59 km or 37 mi Fallujah
$811
89 km or 55 mi Karbala
$579
96 km or 60 mi Hillah
$648
104 km or 65 mi Ramadi
$762
106 km or 66 mi Samarra
$675
147 km or 91 mi Kufa
$566
147 km or 91 mi Najaf
$585
155 km or 96 mi Tikrit
$636
159 km or 99 mi Al Diwaniyah
$495
160 km or 100 mi Kut
$631
190 km or 118 mi Ilam
$675
235 km or 146 mi Kirkuk
$498
240 km or 149 mi Samawah
$586
262 km or 163 mi Sulaymaniyah
$651
267 km or 166 mi Kermanshah
$963
291 km or 181 mi Marivan
$569
307 km or 191 mi Amarah
$680
308 km or 191 mi Nasiriyah
$665
318 km or 198 mi Erbil
$876
322 km or 200 mi Sanandaj
$449
324 km or 201 mi Baneh
$581
356 km or 221 mi Mosul
$596
364 km or 226 mi Saqqez
$597
365 km or 227 mi Khorramabad
$559
378 km or 235 mi Piranshahr
$490
378 km or 235 mi Mahabad
$466
381 km or 236 mi Andimeshk
$583
387 km or 241 mi Dezful
$588
389 km or 242 mi Bukan
$615
404 km or 251 mi Sinjar
$680
406 km or 252 mi Borujerd
$513
410 km or 255 mi Duhok
$652
411 km or 255 mi Hamadan
$453
420 km or 261 mi Malayer
$470
431 km or 268 mi Miandoab
$667
433 km or 269 mi Dorud
$518

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$451
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$473
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$449
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$533
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$415
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$447
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$457
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$679
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$506
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$576
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$421
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$546
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$456
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$469
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$405
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$508
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$419
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$432
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$516
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$471
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$514
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$491
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$513
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$465
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$401
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$450
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$422
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$534
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$627
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$572
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$795
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$420
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$469
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$375
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$416
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$508
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$507
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$490
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$537
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$529