Baghdad vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$1304
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$3010
🏠 One person rent	$423	$814
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$1624
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$1263
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	60	7
😀 Quality of life	54	62
🏙️ Population	8.13M	133K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 31% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 6020th and 4205th ($904 vs $1304) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Iraq and Maldives, respectively. Check Iraq vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 1 months in Male. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 5970th and 4917th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Male

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	Baghdad	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$4.57
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$3.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$824
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$636
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$1648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$1401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$96.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$77.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	11.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$2651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$2231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$17.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$9.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$3.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$9.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$7.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$5.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$3.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$3.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$73.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$163
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$3201

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360