Baghdad vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$2813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$6464
🏠 One person rent	$423	$1786
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$2984
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$700
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$4579
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	54
😀 Quality of life	54	86
🏙️ Population	8.13M	525K

The cost of living in Baghdad is 68% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 6020th and 313th ($904 vs $2813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 277th 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 1.6 months in Sacramento. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Sacramento ranked 81st in the United States, while ranked 5970th and 308th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Sacramento

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	Baghdad	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$19.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$7.64
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$1822
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$1446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$3005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$2512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$193
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	6.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$4209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$3946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$3.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$5.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$4.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$6.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$17.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$2.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$6.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$134
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$29998

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2652
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2692
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2680
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2708
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2765
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2744
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2848
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2832
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2816
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2684
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2560
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2869
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2612
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2762
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3102
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2624
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3212
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3551
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2732
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2188
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2977
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2170
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3193
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2938
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3015
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3453
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2767
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2778
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2780
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2412
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2816
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2646
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2622
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2932
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3048
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2135
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2840
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2888
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3785
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$3045