Mexico City vs Mosul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mexico City	Mosul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1190	$596
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3028	$1544
🏠 One person rent	$611	$202
🏘️ Family rent	$1253	$427
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$196
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.2	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$740	$470
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	36
😀 Quality of life	68	45
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.79M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 99% more expensive than in Mosul. Cities ranked 4630th and 7820th ($1190 vs $596) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 23rd in Mexico and Iraq, respectively. Check Mexico vs Iraq comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Mexico City compared to 0.8 months in Mosul. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Mosul ranked 2nd in Iraq, while ranked 3360th and 6552nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Mosul

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	Mexico City	Mosul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$3.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.2	$19.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$6.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$838	$136
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$489	$104
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1747	$242
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1045	$317
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.7	$61.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.9	$95
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.25%	15.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2781	$803
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2233	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.1	$76.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.65	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.54
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.69	$3.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.51	$3.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$7.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.82	$1.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$1.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$2.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$4.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$61	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.09	$9.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.8	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$27
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$396	$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8550	$3176

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$835
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$783
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$723
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$884
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$734
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$775
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$835
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$731
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$794
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$757
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$816
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$772
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$844
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$729
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$734
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$843
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$704
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$811
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$792
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$939
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$789
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$797
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$828
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$941
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$763
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$504
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$601
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$660
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$748
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$691
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$723
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$729
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$694
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$589
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1223
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$659
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$674
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$709

Cities near Mosul

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Duhok	$652
82 km or 51 mi	Erbil	$876
95 km or 59 mi	Zakho	$698
111 km or 69 mi	Sinjar	$680
134 km or 84 mi	Cizre	$575
140 km or 87 mi	Sirnak	$563
145 km or 90 mi	Hakkari	$540
153 km or 95 mi	Kirkuk	$498
185 km or 115 mi	Mahabad	$466
185 km or 115 mi	Piranshahr	$490
186 km or 115 mi	Qamishli	$443
187 km or 116 mi	Nusaybin	$588
194 km or 121 mi	Siirt	$578
203 km or 126 mi	Tikrit	$636
213 km or 132 mi	Al-Hasakah	$449
220 km or 137 mi	Urmia	$519
227 km or 141 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$651
237 km or 147 mi	Mardin	$600
239 km or 148 mi	Van	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Bitlis	$570
244 km or 151 mi	Batman	$624
251 km or 156 mi	Samarra	$675
252 km or 156 mi	Baneh	$581
275 km or 171 mi	Miandoab	$667
277 km or 172 mi	Derik	$605
277 km or 172 mi	Bukan	$615
279 km or 173 mi	Ceylanpinar	$590
283 km or 176 mi	Saqqez	$597
283 km or 176 mi	Cinar	$611
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$569
291 km or 181 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$481
292 km or 181 mi	Khoy	$425
300 km or 186 mi	Mus	$580
302 km or 188 mi	Maragheh	$844
308 km or 191 mi	Diyarbakir	$640
313 km or 195 mi	Viransehir	$600
316 km or 197 mi	Caldiran	$538
323 km or 201 mi	Baqubah	$655
327 km or 203 mi	Marand	$907
328 km or 204 mi	Ramadi	$762