Baghdad vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Baghdad	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$976	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2187	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$501	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$815	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$648	$3888
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	59	56
😀 Quality of life	60	91
🏙️ Population	8.13M	526K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 44% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 5729th and 2992nd ($976 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 152nd in Iraq and Germany, respectively. Check Iraq vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Baghdad compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 5887th and 131st 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	$4.76	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.88	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.26	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$461	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$312	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$801	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$190	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.1	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.77%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4012	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1633	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.8	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.58	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.78	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.23	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.16	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.9	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.5	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.26	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.18	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.75	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.34	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.8	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.5	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$184	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3494	$19685

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Cities near Baghdad

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Ctesiphon	$771
33 km or 21 mi	Abu Ghraib	$960
47 km or 29 mi	Al-Karmah	$832
49 km or 30 mi	Baqubah	$670
59 km or 37 mi	Fallujah	$816
89 km or 55 mi	Karbala	$558
96 km or 60 mi	Hillah	$662
104 km or 65 mi	Ramadi	$754
106 km or 66 mi	Samarra	$677
147 km or 91 mi	Kufa	$556
147 km or 91 mi	Najaf	$573
155 km or 96 mi	Tikrit	$633
159 km or 99 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$472
160 km or 100 mi	Kut	$621
190 km or 118 mi	Ilam	$571
235 km or 146 mi	Kirkuk	$516
240 km or 149 mi	Samawah	$573
262 km or 163 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$658
267 km or 166 mi	Kermanshah	$822
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$449
307 km or 191 mi	Amarah	$670
308 km or 191 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
318 km or 198 mi	Erbil	$844
322 km or 200 mi	Sanandaj	$411
324 km or 201 mi	Baneh	$436
356 km or 221 mi	Mosul	$565
364 km or 226 mi	Saqqez	$438
365 km or 227 mi	Khorramabad	$484
378 km or 235 mi	Piranshahr	$409
378 km or 235 mi	Mahabad	$393
381 km or 236 mi	Andimeshk	$514
387 km or 241 mi	Dezful	$517
389 km or 242 mi	Bukan	$436
404 km or 251 mi	Sinjar	$384
406 km or 252 mi	Borujerd	$456
410 km or 255 mi	Duhok	$625
411 km or 255 mi	Hamadan	$408
420 km or 261 mi	Malayer	$439
431 km or 268 mi	Miandoab	$432
433 km or 269 mi	Dorud	$469

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729