Baghdad vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Baghdad	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$904	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2108	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$423	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$260	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$568	$522
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	60	46
😀 Quality of life	54	55
🏙️ Population	8.13M	2.96M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 6% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 6020th and 6253rd ($904 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Iraq and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Iraq vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Baghdad compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 5970th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Tashkent

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	Baghdad	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.16	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.3	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$501	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.98%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2856	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1066	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.77	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.49	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.03	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.17	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.51	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.64	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.9	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.9	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$71.1	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$167	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3882	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785