Baghdad vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

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Baghdad Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person
$918
$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2092
$1309
🏠 One person rent
$446
$203
🏘️ Family rent
$728
$340
🍽️ Food expenses
$256
$202
🚐 Transport expenses
$146
$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$502
$434
😷 Air quality
Bad
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
11 km
9 km
🎓 Higher education
57
61
😀 Quality of life
58
63
🏙️ Population
8.13M
1.42M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 80% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 6120th and 8604th ($918 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 22nd in Iraq and Ukraine, respectively. Check Iraq vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Baghdad compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 6065th and 5547th 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
$3.8
$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$34.3
$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$7.59
$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$3.83
$1.03
☕ Cappuccino
$3.22
$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.38
$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$378
$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$257
$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$673
$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$452
$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$122
$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$189
$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$42.5
$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
6.71%
18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$3092
$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1298
$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.78
$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$22.9
$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$16.1
$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.56
$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.28
$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.84
$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.58
$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.71
$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.56
$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.64
$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$14.3
$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.24
$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.12
$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.01
$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.73
$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.66
$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.66
$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.44
$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.26
$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$15
$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$2.02
$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.11
$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.54
$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$3.62
$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.44
$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$2.46
$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$44.7
$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$7.64
$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$19
$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple
$6.39
$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans
$29.5
$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers
$68.9
$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$179
$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$3566
$3156

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Distance City Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi Ctesiphon
$761
33 km or 21 mi Abu Ghraib
$961
47 km or 29 mi Al-Karmah
$833
49 km or 30 mi Baqubah
$672
59 km or 37 mi Fallujah
$823
89 km or 55 mi Karbala
$588
96 km or 60 mi Hillah
$688
104 km or 65 mi Ramadi
$768
106 km or 66 mi Samarra
$677
147 km or 91 mi Kufa
$555
147 km or 91 mi Najaf
$570
155 km or 96 mi Tikrit
$631
159 km or 99 mi Al Diwaniyah
$474
160 km or 100 mi Kut
$630
190 km or 118 mi Ilam
$646
235 km or 146 mi Kirkuk
$507
240 km or 149 mi Samawah
$583
262 km or 163 mi Sulaymaniyah
$672
267 km or 166 mi Kermanshah
$946
291 km or 181 mi Marivan
$509
307 km or 191 mi Amarah
$681
308 km or 191 mi Nasiriyah
$669
318 km or 198 mi Erbil
$845
322 km or 200 mi Sanandaj
$434
324 km or 201 mi Baneh
$492
356 km or 221 mi Mosul
$588
364 km or 226 mi Saqqez
$497
365 km or 227 mi Khorramabad
$540
378 km or 235 mi Piranshahr
$433
378 km or 235 mi Mahabad
$409
381 km or 236 mi Andimeshk
$560
387 km or 241 mi Dezful
$566
389 km or 242 mi Bukan
$492
404 km or 251 mi Sinjar
$402
406 km or 252 mi Borujerd
$494
410 km or 255 mi Duhok
$619
411 km or 255 mi Hamadan
$430
420 km or 261 mi Malayer
$457
431 km or 268 mi Miandoab
$489
433 km or 269 mi Dorud
$508

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Distance City Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi Belgorod
$718
128 km or 80 mi Poltava
$479
143 km or 89 mi Sumy
$496
172 km or 107 mi Kramatorsk
$639
183 km or 114 mi Stary Oskol
$485
184 km or 115 mi Starooskolsky
$537
193 km or 120 mi Kursk
$649
195 km or 121 mi Dnipro
$790
200 km or 125 mi Sievierodonetsk
$633
203 km or 126 mi Kamianske
$656
227 km or 141 mi Kremenchuk
$440
230 km or 143 mi Horlivka
$650
249 km or 155 mi Donetsk
$516
250 km or 156 mi Makiivka
$534
253 km or 157 mi Zaporizhia
$501
275 km or 171 mi Luhansk
$732
280 km or 174 mi Voronezh
$707
306 km or 190 mi Cherkasy
$498
314 km or 195 mi Kryvyi Rih
$503
330 km or 205 mi Oryol
$660
332 km or 206 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$616
334 km or 207 mi Mariupol
$539
358 km or 222 mi Melitopol
$545
365 km or 227 mi Taganrog
$665
373 km or 232 mi Lipetsk
$570
384 km or 238 mi Bryansk
$629
385 km or 239 mi Chernihiv
$516
389 km or 242 mi Shakhty
$652
400 km or 249 mi Rostov-on-Don
$851
403 km or 250 mi Novocherkassk
$718
409 km or 254 mi Kyiv
$879
438 km or 272 mi Bila Tserkva
$497
455 km or 283 mi Gomel
$475
459 km or 285 mi Mykolaiv
$516
460 km or 286 mi Kherson
$420
471 km or 293 mi Tambov
$672
477 km or 296 mi Tula
$837
504 km or 313 mi Kaluga
$582
514 km or 319 mi Volgodonsk
$709
540 km or 336 mi Zhytomyr
$586