Louisville vs Mosul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Louisville	Mosul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$588
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4440	$1427
🏠 One person rent	$1087	$196
🏘️ Family rent	$1899	$320
🍽️ Food expenses	$549	$195
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3987	$485
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	36
😀 Quality of life	89	52
🏙️ Population	246K	1.79M

The cost of living in Louisville is 214% more expensive than in Mosul. Cities ranked 2519th and 7926th ($1847 vs $588) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1889th and 23rd in the United States and Iraq, respectively. Check the United States vs Iraq comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Louisville compared to 0.8 months in Mosul. Louisville ranked 89th best city to live in the United States vs Mosul ranked 2nd in Iraq, while ranked 281st and 6491st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Louisville vs Mosul

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	Louisville	Mosul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.7	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.8	$19
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.93	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.49	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1046	$143
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$881	$105
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1832	$262
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1620	$194
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$83.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55	$29.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.47%	14.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3372	$810
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3052	$921
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$76.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$13.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.83	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.29	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$3.44
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$0.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$0.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.3	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$7.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.44	$1.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.34	$1.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$2.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.49	$4.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$9.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.8	$12.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$26.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1218	$198
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15931	$2691

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1845
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1925
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1912
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1874
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1883
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1659
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1769
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1816
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1713
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2097
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1922
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2140
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1647
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1969
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1606
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1822
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2480
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1941
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1990
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2164
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1993
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1915
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1338
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1799
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1978
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1847
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2382
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1899
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2070
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1495
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1850
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2017

Cities near Mosul

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Duhok	$619
82 km or 51 mi	Erbil	$845
95 km or 59 mi	Zakho	$656
111 km or 69 mi	Sinjar	$402
134 km or 84 mi	Cizre	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Sirnak	$589
145 km or 90 mi	Hakkari	$577
153 km or 95 mi	Kirkuk	$507
185 km or 115 mi	Mahabad	$409
185 km or 115 mi	Piranshahr	$433
186 km or 115 mi	Qamishli	$464
187 km or 116 mi	Nusaybin	$587
194 km or 121 mi	Siirt	$596
203 km or 126 mi	Tikrit	$631
213 km or 132 mi	Al-Hasakah	$472
220 km or 137 mi	Urmia	$504
227 km or 141 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Mardin	$559
239 km or 148 mi	Van	$585
243 km or 151 mi	Bitlis	$583
244 km or 151 mi	Batman	$624
251 km or 156 mi	Samarra	$677
252 km or 156 mi	Baneh	$492
275 km or 171 mi	Miandoab	$489
277 km or 172 mi	Derik	$587
277 km or 172 mi	Bukan	$492
279 km or 173 mi	Ceylanpinar	$603
283 km or 176 mi	Saqqez	$497
283 km or 176 mi	Cinar	$582
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$509
291 km or 181 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$486
292 km or 181 mi	Khoy	$402
300 km or 186 mi	Mus	$573
302 km or 188 mi	Maragheh	$502
308 km or 191 mi	Diyarbakir	$571
313 km or 195 mi	Viransehir	$610
316 km or 197 mi	Caldiran	$573
323 km or 201 mi	Baqubah	$672
327 km or 203 mi	Marand	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Ramadi	$768