Baghdad vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Baghdad	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$859	$639
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2087	$1645
🏠 One person rent	$386	$289
🏘️ Family rent	$730	$547
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$44.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$476	$543
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	59	46
😀 Quality of life	52	55
🏙️ Population	8.13M	1.21M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 34% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6246th and 7383rd ($859 vs $639) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 28th in Iraq and Russia, respectively. Check Iraq vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6059th and 5846th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Baghdad	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.99	$8.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.2	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.14	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$422	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$841	$650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$509	$400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.3	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$90.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.6	$5.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.71%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2117	$2044
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$924	$1329
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.5	$15.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$5.43
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.46	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.84	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$1.27
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.74	$7.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$4.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$7.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.97	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$6.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.2	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.22	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.49	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.43	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.69	$1.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$26.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.83	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.3	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.4	$76.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$153	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3224	$5245

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Cities near Baghdad

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Ctesiphon	$737
33 km or 21 mi	Abu Ghraib	$959
47 km or 29 mi	Al-Karmah	$827
49 km or 30 mi	Baqubah	$655
59 km or 37 mi	Fallujah	$811
89 km or 55 mi	Karbala	$579
96 km or 60 mi	Hillah	$648
104 km or 65 mi	Ramadi	$762
106 km or 66 mi	Samarra	$675
147 km or 91 mi	Kufa	$566
147 km or 91 mi	Najaf	$585
155 km or 96 mi	Tikrit	$636
159 km or 99 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$495
160 km or 100 mi	Kut	$631
190 km or 118 mi	Ilam	$675
235 km or 146 mi	Kirkuk	$498
240 km or 149 mi	Samawah	$586
262 km or 163 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$651
267 km or 166 mi	Kermanshah	$963
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$569
307 km or 191 mi	Amarah	$680
308 km or 191 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
318 km or 198 mi	Erbil	$876
322 km or 200 mi	Sanandaj	$449
324 km or 201 mi	Baneh	$581
356 km or 221 mi	Mosul	$596
364 km or 226 mi	Saqqez	$597
365 km or 227 mi	Khorramabad	$559
378 km or 235 mi	Piranshahr	$490
378 km or 235 mi	Mahabad	$466
381 km or 236 mi	Andimeshk	$583
387 km or 241 mi	Dezful	$588
389 km or 242 mi	Bukan	$615
404 km or 251 mi	Sinjar	$680
406 km or 252 mi	Borujerd	$513
410 km or 255 mi	Duhok	$652
411 km or 255 mi	Hamadan	$453
420 km or 261 mi	Malayer	$470
431 km or 268 mi	Miandoab	$667
433 km or 269 mi	Dorud	$518

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$498
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$541
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$616
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$507
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$376
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$654
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$515
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$660
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$514
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$623
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$633
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$672
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$583
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1075
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$480
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$736
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$566
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$463
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$508
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$522
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$513
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$507
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$551
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$606
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$590
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$401
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$589
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$490
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$562
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$518
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$519