Edinburgh vs Mosul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Mosul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1537
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$470
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	88	36
😀 Quality of life	94	45
🏙️ Population	488K	1.79M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 259% more expensive than in Mosul. Cities ranked 1491st and 7691st ($2140 vs $597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 23rd in the United Kingdom and Iraq, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Iraq comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.8 months in Mosul. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mosul ranked 2nd in Iraq, while ranked 34th and 6539th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Mosul

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	Edinburgh	Mosul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$6.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$136
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$105
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$246
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$97.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	15.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$363
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$76.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$3.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$0.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$7.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$1.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$1.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$2.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$4.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$22.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$9.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$17.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$26.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$177
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$3104

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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