Baghdad vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$423	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$1829
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	60	93
😀 Quality of life	54	87
🏙️ Population	8.13M	1.38M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 40% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 6020th and 3363rd ($904 vs $1513) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Iraq and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Iraq vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 5970th and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Prague

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	Baghdad	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120