Baghdad vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$423	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$709
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	60	92
😀 Quality of life	54	67
🏙️ Population	8.13M	9.21M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 22% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6020th and 4604th ($904 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 7th in Iraq and Mexico, respectively. Check Iraq vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 5970th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Mexico City

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	Baghdad	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804