Louisville vs Mosul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Louisville	Mosul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1821	$597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4500	$1537
🏠 One person rent	$1051	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$1950	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.6	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3986	$470
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	36
😀 Quality of life	87	45
🏙️ Population	246K	1.79M

The cost of living in Louisville is 205% more expensive than in Mosul. Cities ranked 2336th and 7691st ($1821 vs $597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1917th 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 78th best city to live in the United States vs Mosul ranked 2nd in Iraq, while ranked 299th and 6539th 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	$3.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.5	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$6.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1023	$136
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$833	$105
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1823	$246
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1673	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$97.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.5	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.65%	15.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3405	$804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$363
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.74	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.3	$76.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.13	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$3.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.45	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$0.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.95	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$7.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.52	$1.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$1.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.06	$2.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$4.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.8	$22.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$9.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.3	$17.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.1	$26.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1240	$177
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13378	$3104

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974

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