Barcelona vs Mosul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Mosul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$1537
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$470
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	98	36
😀 Quality of life	87	45
🏙️ Population	1.7M	1.79M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 209% more expensive than in Mosul. Cities ranked 2276th and 7691st ($1841 vs $597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 23rd in Spain and Iraq, respectively. Check Spain vs Iraq comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.8 months in Mosul. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Mosul ranked 2nd in Iraq, while ranked 270th and 6539th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Mosul

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	Barcelona	Mosul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$3.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$6.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$136
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$105
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$246
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$97.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	15.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$363
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$76.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$3.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$0.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$7.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$1.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$1.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$2.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$4.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$22.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$9.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$17.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$26.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$177
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$3104

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

Cities near Mosul

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Duhok	$646
82 km or 51 mi	Erbil	$854
95 km or 59 mi	Zakho	$688
111 km or 69 mi	Sinjar	$672
134 km or 84 mi	Cizre	$578
140 km or 87 mi	Sirnak	$574
145 km or 90 mi	Hakkari	$575
153 km or 95 mi	Kirkuk	$508
185 km or 115 mi	Mahabad	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Piranshahr	$476
186 km or 115 mi	Qamishli	$457
187 km or 116 mi	Nusaybin	$589
194 km or 121 mi	Siirt	$573
203 km or 126 mi	Tikrit	$641
213 km or 132 mi	Al-Hasakah	$449
220 km or 137 mi	Urmia	$519
227 km or 141 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$676
237 km or 147 mi	Mardin	$600
239 km or 148 mi	Van	$615
243 km or 151 mi	Bitlis	$582
244 km or 151 mi	Batman	$600
251 km or 156 mi	Samarra	$680
252 km or 156 mi	Baneh	$531
275 km or 171 mi	Miandoab	$540
277 km or 172 mi	Derik	$606
277 km or 172 mi	Bukan	$536
279 km or 173 mi	Ceylanpinar	$597
283 km or 176 mi	Saqqez	$533
283 km or 176 mi	Cinar	$621
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$536
291 km or 181 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$468
292 km or 181 mi	Khoy	$419
300 km or 186 mi	Mus	$589
302 km or 188 mi	Maragheh	$573
308 km or 191 mi	Diyarbakir	$659
313 km or 195 mi	Viransehir	$603
316 km or 197 mi	Caldiran	$574
323 km or 201 mi	Baqubah	$659
327 km or 203 mi	Marand	$553
328 km or 204 mi	Ramadi	$766