Baghdad vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Baghdad	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$918	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2092	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$446	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$256	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$502	$721
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	57	46
😀 Quality of life	58	60
🏙️ Population	8.13M	1.2M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 4% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 6120th and 6322nd ($918 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 14th in Iraq and Russia, respectively. Check Iraq vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 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 6065th and 5937th 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	$3.8	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.3	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.59	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.83	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.22	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$673	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$452	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.5	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.71%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3092	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1298	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.56	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.84	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.54	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.7	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.5	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.9	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3566	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758