Baghdad vs Nassau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Baghdad	Nassau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$918	$2672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2092	$5996
🏠 One person rent	$446	$1605
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$2767
🍽️ Food expenses	$256	$772
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$502	$2234
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	57	10
😀 Quality of life	58	67
🏙️ Population	8.13M	274K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 66% less expensive than in Nassau. Cities ranked 6120th and 607th ($918 vs $2672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Iraq and the Bahamas, respectively. Check Iraq vs the Bahamas comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Baghdad compared to 0.8 months in Nassau. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Nassau ranked 1st in the Bahamas, while ranked 6065th and 4772nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Nassau

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	Baghdad	Nassau
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.8	$25.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.3	$80.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.59	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.83	$5.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.22	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$1621
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$1270
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$673	$2890
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$452	$2281
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$281
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.5	$82.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.71%	7.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3092	$4213
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1298	$3053
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$1.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$52.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$33.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.56	$1.44
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$4.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.84	$4.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$5.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$6.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$9.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$25.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$5.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$3.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$4.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$4.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$2.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$4.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$26.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$4.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.54	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$8.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$5.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$4.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.7	$117
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.5	$67.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.9	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$714
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3566	$14961

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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 Nassau

Distance	City	Cost of living
209 km or 130 mi	Freeport	$2613
293 km or 182 mi	Miami Beach	$2839
297 km or 184 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2813
298 km or 185 mi	Aventura	$2794
300 km or 187 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2845
300 km or 187 mi	Miami	$3178
300 km or 187 mi	North Miami Beach	$2773
301 km or 187 mi	North Miami	$2726
303 km or 189 mi	Dania Beach	$2847
304 km or 189 mi	Hollywood	$3076
305 km or 189 mi	Coral Gables	$2846
306 km or 190 mi	Fort Lauderdale	$2781
307 km or 191 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2818
308 km or 191 mi	Oakland Park	$2704
308 km or 192 mi	Cutler Bay	$2885
309 km or 192 mi	Pompano Beach	$2709
310 km or 193 mi	Hialeah	$2471
310 km or 193 mi	Deerfield Beach	$2450
310 km or 193 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
313 km or 194 mi	Lauderdale Lakes	$2707
313 km or 194 mi	Boca Raton	$3101
313 km or 194 mi	Miramar	$2788
314 km or 195 mi	Doral	$2622
315 km or 195 mi	Miami Lakes	$2588
315 km or 196 mi	Plantation	$2716
315 km or 196 mi	Lauderhill	$2751
316 km or 196 mi	Coconut Creek	$2794
316 km or 196 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2543
316 km or 196 mi	Cooper	$2795
316 km or 196 mi	Delray Beach	$3362
316 km or 196 mi	Sweetwater	$2649
316 km or 197 mi	Davie	$2741
317 km or 197 mi	North Lauderdale	$2814
317 km or 197 mi	Richmond West	$2905
317 km or 197 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2977
317 km or 197 mi	Margate	$2848
319 km or 198 mi	Tamarac	$2836
319 km or 198 mi	Boynton Beach	$3154
319 km or 198 mi	Homestead	$3343
320 km or 199 mi	Sunrise	$2661