Baghdad vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$423	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$637
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$57
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$508
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	60	27
😀 Quality of life	54	62
🏙️ Population	8.13M	149K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 11% more expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 6020th and 6387th ($904 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Iraq and Mauritius, respectively. Check Iraq vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 5970th and 4802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Port Louis

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	Baghdad	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$5.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$1131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$6.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$9.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$6.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$6.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$27.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$5.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$22.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$8.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$65.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$3884

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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 Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$808
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$712
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$785
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1371
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1400
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$447
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$389
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1100
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1495
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1105
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1150
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1506
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$872
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$675
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1003
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$457
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$507
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$493
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$492
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$552