Louisville vs Mosul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Louisville	Mosul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1847	$565
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4341	$1365
🏠 One person rent	$1070	$196
🏘️ Family rent	$1746	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$194
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.8	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4016	$483
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	60	40
😀 Quality of life	87	45
🏙️ Population	246K	1.79M

The cost of living in Louisville is 227% more expensive than in Mosul. Cities ranked 2604th and 8282nd ($1847 vs $565) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1876th and 24th 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 0.9 months in Mosul. Louisville ranked 102nd best city to live in the United States vs Mosul ranked 7th in Iraq, while ranked 326th and 7239th 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	$14.2	$3.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$16.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.37	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.96	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$1.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.1	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1246	$145
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$808	$104
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1779	$268
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1441	$188
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$53.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$82.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$58.4	$30.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	10.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2712	$810
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$935
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.7	$65.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$11.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.12	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$3.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$0.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$8.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.69	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.4	$1.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.05	$2.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.76	$4.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$1.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$17.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$3.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.7	$12.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$29.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1246	$196
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16070	$3161

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Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1746
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1827
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1897
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1906
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1855
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1859
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1730
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1611
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2091
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1813
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1853
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1714
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2100
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1942
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2126
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1650
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2045
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1785
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1881
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2392
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2051
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1968
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1761
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$2002
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1989
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1984
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1913
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1365
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1808
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2060
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1860
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2405
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1795
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1900
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2088
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1617
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1919
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1843
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1877
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2035

Cities near Mosul

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Duhok	$625
82 km or 51 mi	Erbil	$844
95 km or 59 mi	Zakho	$662
111 km or 69 mi	Sinjar	$384
134 km or 84 mi	Cizre	$590
140 km or 87 mi	Sirnak	$588
145 km or 90 mi	Hakkari	$580
153 km or 95 mi	Kirkuk	$516
185 km or 115 mi	Mahabad	$393
185 km or 115 mi	Piranshahr	$409
186 km or 115 mi	Qamishli	$490
187 km or 116 mi	Nusaybin	$579
194 km or 121 mi	Siirt	$601
203 km or 126 mi	Tikrit	$633
213 km or 132 mi	Al-Hasakah	$497
220 km or 137 mi	Urmia	$476
227 km or 141 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$658
237 km or 147 mi	Mardin	$527
239 km or 148 mi	Van	$580
243 km or 151 mi	Bitlis	$586
244 km or 151 mi	Batman	$640
251 km or 156 mi	Samarra	$677
252 km or 156 mi	Baneh	$436
275 km or 171 mi	Miandoab	$432
277 km or 172 mi	Derik	$596
277 km or 172 mi	Bukan	$436
279 km or 173 mi	Ceylanpinar	$597
283 km or 176 mi	Saqqez	$438
283 km or 176 mi	Cinar	$619
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$449
291 km or 181 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$521
292 km or 181 mi	Khoy	$374
300 km or 186 mi	Mus	$573
302 km or 188 mi	Maragheh	$444
308 km or 191 mi	Diyarbakir	$608
313 km or 195 mi	Viransehir	$609
316 km or 197 mi	Caldiran	$575
323 km or 201 mi	Baqubah	$670
327 km or 203 mi	Marand	$429
328 km or 204 mi	Ramadi	$754