Baghdad vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Baghdad	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$952	$1777
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2143	$4303
🏠 One person rent	$487	$873
🏘️ Family rent	$799	$1471
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$134	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$511	$3726
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	59	56
😀 Quality of life	59	91
🏙️ Population	8.13M	526K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 46% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 6017th and 2945th ($952 vs $1777) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 156th 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 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Nuremberg ranked 24th in Germany, while ranked 6062nd and 150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Nuremberg

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	Baghdad	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.18	$18.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.3	$88
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.61	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.8	$5.28
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$4.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$4.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$296	$615
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$775	$1521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$519	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.8	$44.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.66%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3571	$7454
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1441	$4228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$4.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21	$68.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.56	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$2.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.63	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$21.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$4.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.43	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$7.01
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.92	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.52	$16.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$2.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.71	$14.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.37	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$98.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.4	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$175	$586
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3441	$17866

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Cities near Baghdad

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Ctesiphon	$776
33 km or 21 mi	Abu Ghraib	$958
47 km or 29 mi	Al-Karmah	$836
49 km or 30 mi	Baqubah	$669
59 km or 37 mi	Fallujah	$822
89 km or 55 mi	Karbala	$609
96 km or 60 mi	Hillah	$667
104 km or 65 mi	Ramadi	$771
106 km or 66 mi	Samarra	$681
147 km or 91 mi	Kufa	$554
147 km or 91 mi	Najaf	$570
155 km or 96 mi	Tikrit	$633
159 km or 99 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$475
160 km or 100 mi	Kut	$627
190 km or 118 mi	Ilam	$652
235 km or 146 mi	Kirkuk	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Samawah	$581
262 km or 163 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$657
267 km or 166 mi	Kermanshah	$946
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$511
307 km or 191 mi	Amarah	$680
308 km or 191 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Erbil	$831
322 km or 200 mi	Sanandaj	$434
324 km or 201 mi	Baneh	$495
356 km or 221 mi	Mosul	$585
364 km or 226 mi	Saqqez	$498
365 km or 227 mi	Khorramabad	$546
378 km or 235 mi	Piranshahr	$437
378 km or 235 mi	Mahabad	$413
381 km or 236 mi	Andimeshk	$569
387 km or 241 mi	Dezful	$574
389 km or 242 mi	Bukan	$494
404 km or 251 mi	Sinjar	$390
406 km or 252 mi	Borujerd	$499
410 km or 255 mi	Duhok	$616
411 km or 255 mi	Hamadan	$428
420 km or 261 mi	Malayer	$460
431 km or 268 mi	Miandoab	$493
433 km or 269 mi	Dorud	$513

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767