Baghdad vs Ulaanbaatar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Baghdad	Ulaanbaatar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$918	$870
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2092	$2091
🏠 One person rent	$446	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$728	$764
🍽️ Food expenses	$256	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$146	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$502	$516
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	57	43
😀 Quality of life	58	61
🏙️ Population	8.13M	1.4M

The cost of living in Baghdad is 6% more expensive than in Ulaanbaatar. Cities ranked 6120th and 6373rd ($918 vs $870) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Iraq and Mongolia, respectively. Check Iraq vs Mongolia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Baghdad compared to 0.6 months in Ulaanbaatar. Baghdad ranked 1st best city to live in Iraq vs Ulaanbaatar ranked 1st in Mongolia, while ranked 6065th and 5856th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Baghdad vs Ulaanbaatar

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	Baghdad	Ulaanbaatar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.8	$5.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.3	$29.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.59	$5.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.83	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.22	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$358
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$673	$769
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$452	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$46
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$70.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.5	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.71%	6.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3092	$1651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1298	$881
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$8.29
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$4.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.56	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.84	$0.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.64	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$5.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.26	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$9.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.11	$1.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.54	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.62	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.44	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.46	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.7	$70
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.64	$3.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.39	$4.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.5	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.9	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3566	$6621

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Cities near Baghdad

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Ctesiphon	$761
33 km or 21 mi	Abu Ghraib	$961
47 km or 29 mi	Al-Karmah	$833
49 km or 30 mi	Baqubah	$672
59 km or 37 mi	Fallujah	$823
89 km or 55 mi	Karbala	$588
96 km or 60 mi	Hillah	$688
104 km or 65 mi	Ramadi	$768
106 km or 66 mi	Samarra	$677
147 km or 91 mi	Kufa	$555
147 km or 91 mi	Najaf	$570
155 km or 96 mi	Tikrit	$631
159 km or 99 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$474
160 km or 100 mi	Kut	$630
190 km or 118 mi	Ilam	$646
235 km or 146 mi	Kirkuk	$507
240 km or 149 mi	Samawah	$583
262 km or 163 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$672
267 km or 166 mi	Kermanshah	$946
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$509
307 km or 191 mi	Amarah	$681
308 km or 191 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
318 km or 198 mi	Erbil	$845
322 km or 200 mi	Sanandaj	$434
324 km or 201 mi	Baneh	$492
356 km or 221 mi	Mosul	$588
364 km or 226 mi	Saqqez	$497
365 km or 227 mi	Khorramabad	$540
378 km or 235 mi	Piranshahr	$433
378 km or 235 mi	Mahabad	$409
381 km or 236 mi	Andimeshk	$560
387 km or 241 mi	Dezful	$566
389 km or 242 mi	Bukan	$492
404 km or 251 mi	Sinjar	$402
406 km or 252 mi	Borujerd	$494
410 km or 255 mi	Duhok	$619
411 km or 255 mi	Hamadan	$430
420 km or 261 mi	Malayer	$457
431 km or 268 mi	Miandoab	$489
433 km or 269 mi	Dorud	$508

Cities near Ulaanbaatar

Distance	City	Cost of living
268 km or 167 mi	Bulgan	$838
437 km or 272 mi	Ulan-Ude	$676
520 km or 323 mi	Irkutsk	$735
559 km or 347 mi	Angarsk	$725
656 km or 408 mi	Chita	$912
794 km or 493 mi	Manzhouli	$631
798 km or 496 mi	Bayannur	$986
835 km or 519 mi	Xilinhot	$677
840 km or 522 mi	Baotou	$659
875 km or 544 mi	Hohhot	$541
914 km or 568 mi	Ulanqab	$629
917 km or 570 mi	Wuhai	$1365
934 km or 581 mi	Ordos	$655
954 km or 593 mi	Hulunbuir	$638
969 km or 602 mi	Fengzhen	$642
985 km or 612 mi	Bratsk	$518
992 km or 616 mi	Shizuishan	$785
1008 km or 626 mi	Datong	$748
1012 km or 629 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
1025 km or 637 mi	Yakeshi	$614
1028 km or 639 mi	Huairen	$654
1050 km or 652 mi	Shenmu	$580
1051 km or 653 mi	Yinchuan	$548
1051 km or 653 mi	Shuozhou	$600
1094 km or 680 mi	Lingwu	$564
1103 km or 685 mi	Qingtongxia	$563
1106 km or 687 mi	Wuzhong	$589
1113 km or 692 mi	Jinchang	$480
1124 km or 698 mi	Yuanping	$546
1126 km or 700 mi	Zhangye	$484
1131 km or 703 mi	Chifeng	$615
1131 km or 703 mi	Jiuquan	$470
1156 km or 718 mi	Xinzhou	$553
1164 km or 723 mi	Wuwei	$411
1165 km or 724 mi	Chengde	$694
1166 km or 724 mi	Ulanhot	$532
1166 km or 724 mi	Zhongwei	$597
1169 km or 726 mi	Beijing	$1029
1169 km or 727 mi	Yumen	$439
1176 km or 731 mi	Zalantun	$600