Baghdad vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$423	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$2923
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	60	91
😀 Quality of life	54	92
🏙️ Population	8.13M	548K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 56% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 6020th and 1662nd ($904 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 46th in Iraq and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Iraq vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 5970th and 85th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Manchester

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	Baghdad	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$19551

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681