Louisville vs Mosul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Louisville	Mosul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1837	$585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4317	$1425
🏠 One person rent	$1066	$193
🏘️ Family rent	$1745	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$195
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.4	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3958	$482
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	40
😀 Quality of life	88	58
🏙️ Population	246K	1.79M

The cost of living in Louisville is 214% more expensive than in Mosul. Cities ranked 2713th and 8086th ($1837 vs $585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1895th 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 101st best city to live in the United States vs Mosul ranked 2nd in Iraq, while ranked 333rd and 6125th 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	$14.3	$3.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.42	$6.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.9	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$4.8	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1193	$145
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$806	$104
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1806	$266
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$193
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$53.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$82.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.8	$27
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	12.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2940	$802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2583	$927
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$76.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$4.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.92	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.52	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$7.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.31	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.56	$1.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.46	$1.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.03	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$4.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.4	$23.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$9.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$17.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$3.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$12.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.6	$26.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1219	$197
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16074	$2771

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011

Cities near Mosul

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Duhok	$616
82 km or 51 mi	Erbil	$831
95 km or 59 mi	Zakho	$648
111 km or 69 mi	Sinjar	$390
134 km or 84 mi	Cizre	$583
140 km or 87 mi	Sirnak	$582
145 km or 90 mi	Hakkari	$566
153 km or 95 mi	Kirkuk	$502
185 km or 115 mi	Mahabad	$413
185 km or 115 mi	Piranshahr	$437
186 km or 115 mi	Qamishli	$476
187 km or 116 mi	Nusaybin	$581
194 km or 121 mi	Siirt	$588
203 km or 126 mi	Tikrit	$633
213 km or 132 mi	Al-Hasakah	$485
220 km or 137 mi	Urmia	$503
227 km or 141 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$657
237 km or 147 mi	Mardin	$545
239 km or 148 mi	Van	$568
243 km or 151 mi	Bitlis	$575
244 km or 151 mi	Batman	$622
251 km or 156 mi	Samarra	$681
252 km or 156 mi	Baneh	$495
275 km or 171 mi	Miandoab	$493
277 km or 172 mi	Derik	$580
277 km or 172 mi	Bukan	$494
279 km or 173 mi	Ceylanpinar	$593
283 km or 176 mi	Saqqez	$498
283 km or 176 mi	Cinar	$568
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$511
291 km or 181 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$499
292 km or 181 mi	Khoy	$404
300 km or 186 mi	Mus	$566
302 km or 188 mi	Maragheh	$506
308 km or 191 mi	Diyarbakir	$550
313 km or 195 mi	Viransehir	$597
316 km or 197 mi	Caldiran	$565
323 km or 201 mi	Baqubah	$669
327 km or 203 mi	Marand	$489
328 km or 204 mi	Ramadi	$771