Edmonton vs Mosul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edmonton	Mosul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1769	$597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4094	$1537
🏠 One person rent	$948	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$1630	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$540	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2961	$470
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	63	36
😀 Quality of life	89	45
🏙️ Population	1.01M	1.79M

The cost of living in Edmonton is 196% more expensive than in Mosul. Cities ranked 2475th and 7691st ($1769 vs $597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 23rd in Canada and Iraq, respectively. Check Canada vs Iraq comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Edmonton compared to 0.8 months in Mosul. Edmonton ranked 12th best city to live in Canada vs Mosul ranked 2nd in Iraq, while ranked 181st and 6539th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edmonton vs Mosul

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	Edmonton	Mosul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$3.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$6.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.07	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.91	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$136
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$105
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1601	$246
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$97.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.2	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.25%	15.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2901	$804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2327	$363
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.47	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$70.2	$76.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.6	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$3.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.68	$0.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$7.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.73	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$1.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$1.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$2.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.1	$4.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.3	$22.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.8	$9.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$17.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$26.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$689	$177
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7826	$3104

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Cities near Edmonton

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 16 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
31 km or 19 mi	Leduc	$1656
142 km or 88 mi	Red Deer	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Calgary	$2077
297 km or 185 mi	Banff	$1743
380 km or 236 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871
388 km or 241 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
429 km or 267 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
435 km or 270 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
483 km or 300 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
515 km or 320 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
565 km or 351 mi	Kamloops	$1770
576 km or 358 mi	Kelowna	$1886
610 km or 379 mi	Prince George	$1491
616 km or 383 mi	Penticton	$1638
622 km or 387 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
646 km or 402 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
688 km or 428 mi	Great Falls	$2007
689 km or 428 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
691 km or 430 mi	Post Falls	$2284
698 km or 434 mi	Regina	$1540
703 km or 437 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
711 km or 442 mi	Spokane	$2163
743 km or 461 mi	Missoula	$2054
752 km or 467 mi	Whistler	$2023
762 km or 473 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
779 km or 484 mi	Helena	$2327
789 km or 491 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
792 km or 492 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
796 km or 495 mi	Moscow	$1792
798 km or 496 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
800 km or 497 mi	Pullman	$1612
804 km or 499 mi	Langley	$2021
809 km or 502 mi	Surrey	$2280
809 km or 503 mi	Burnaby	$2495
811 km or 504 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
818 km or 508 mi	Vancouver	$2488
820 km or 510 mi	Bellingham	$2466
821 km or 510 mi	Delta	$2317
822 km or 511 mi	Moses Lake	$2009

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