Baghdad vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Baghdad	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$918	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2092	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$446	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$256	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$502	$3954
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	57	90
😀 Quality of life	58	94
🏙️ Population	8.13M	1.51M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 63% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 6120th and 920th ($918 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Iraq and Germany, respectively. Check Iraq vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Baghdad compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6065th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Munich

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	Baghdad	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.8	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.3	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.59	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.83	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.22	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$673	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$452	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.5	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.71%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3092	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1298	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.56	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.84	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.54	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.7	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.5	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.9	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3566	$14492

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730