Baghdad vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$1672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$4194
🏠 One person rent	$423	$877
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$1732
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$544
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$3273
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	60	59
😀 Quality of life	54	91
🏙️ Population	8.13M	526K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 46% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 6020th and 2788th ($904 vs $1672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 75th in Iraq and Germany, respectively. Check Iraq vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 2 months in Nuremberg. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Nuremberg ranked 20th in Germany, while ranked 5970th and 107th 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	$5.16	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$81.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$4.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$599
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$1587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$1350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$290
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$45.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$6830
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$5673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$3.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$21.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$3.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$4.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$5.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$8.61
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$2.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$42.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$95.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$480
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$13791

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Cities near Baghdad

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Ctesiphon	$752
33 km or 21 mi	Abu Ghraib	$960
47 km or 29 mi	Al-Karmah	$833
49 km or 30 mi	Baqubah	$659
59 km or 37 mi	Fallujah	$817
89 km or 55 mi	Karbala	$580
96 km or 60 mi	Hillah	$651
104 km or 65 mi	Ramadi	$766
106 km or 66 mi	Samarra	$680
147 km or 91 mi	Kufa	$570
147 km or 91 mi	Najaf	$587
155 km or 96 mi	Tikrit	$641
159 km or 99 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$467
160 km or 100 mi	Kut	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Ilam	$659
235 km or 146 mi	Kirkuk	$508
240 km or 149 mi	Samawah	$582
262 km or 163 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$676
267 km or 166 mi	Kermanshah	$963
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$536
307 km or 191 mi	Amarah	$683
308 km or 191 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
318 km or 198 mi	Erbil	$854
322 km or 200 mi	Sanandaj	$449
324 km or 201 mi	Baneh	$531
356 km or 221 mi	Mosul	$597
364 km or 226 mi	Saqqez	$533
365 km or 227 mi	Khorramabad	$554
378 km or 235 mi	Piranshahr	$476
378 km or 235 mi	Mahabad	$458
381 km or 236 mi	Andimeshk	$577
387 km or 241 mi	Dezful	$583
389 km or 242 mi	Bukan	$536
404 km or 251 mi	Sinjar	$672
406 km or 252 mi	Borujerd	$505
410 km or 255 mi	Duhok	$646
411 km or 255 mi	Hamadan	$443
420 km or 261 mi	Malayer	$469
431 km or 268 mi	Miandoab	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Dorud	$513

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1576
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1567
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1547
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1540
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1581
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1666
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1528
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1533
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1488
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1322
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1489
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1249
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1330
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1444
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1440
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1498
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1445
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1567
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1466
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1544
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1627
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1566
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1419
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1541
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1172
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1456
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1560
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1274
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1594
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1589
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1433
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1613
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1476
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1098
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1557