Baghdad vs Oklahoma City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Oklahoma City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$1832
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$4509
🏠 One person rent	$423	$1019
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$1671
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$3756
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	60	70
😀 Quality of life	54	88
🏙️ Population	8.13M	681K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 51% less expensive than in Oklahoma City. Cities ranked 6020th and 2302nd ($904 vs $1832) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1898th in Iraq and the United States, respectively. Check Iraq vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 2.1 months in Oklahoma City. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Oklahoma City ranked 46th in the United States, while ranked 5970th and 208th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Oklahoma City

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	Baghdad	Oklahoma City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$67.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$5.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$6.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$859
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$773
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$2111
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$1168
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$73.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	6.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$1675
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$2.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$4.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$2.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$2.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$6.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$5.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$3.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$35.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$94.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$1575
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$23318

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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 Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1878
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1861
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$1946
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1824
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1862
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1621
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$1989
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1855
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1748
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1814
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1816
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1638
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1889
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1671
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1865
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1874
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1851
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1885
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1864
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1855
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1544
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1629
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2205
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2229
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1846
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1811
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$2014
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2219
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2246
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2239
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2395
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$2111
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2258
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2025
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2253
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2538
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2015
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2184