Baghdad vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Baghdad	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$918	$1847
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2092	$4440
🏠 One person rent	$446	$1087
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$1899
🍽️ Food expenses	$256	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$502	$3987
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	57	60
😀 Quality of life	58	89
🏙️ Population	8.13M	246K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 50% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 6120th and 2519th ($918 vs $1847) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1889th 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 0.5 months in Baghdad compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Louisville ranked 89th in the United States, while ranked 6065th and 281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Louisville

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	Baghdad	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.8	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.3	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.59	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.83	$5.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.22	$4.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$1046
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$673	$1832
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$452	$1620
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$118
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.5	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.71%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3092	$3372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1298	$3052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$48.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.56	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.84	$2.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$4.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$4.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$5.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$8.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.54	$6.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$3.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.7	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.5	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.9	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$1218
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3566	$15931

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Cities near Baghdad

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

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017