Mexico City vs Mosul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mexico City	Mosul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1288	$555
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3248	$1363
🏠 One person rent	$663	$186
🏘️ Family rent	$1322	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$200
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$819	$456
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	90	36
😀 Quality of life	66	46
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.69M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 132% more expensive than in Mosul. Cities ranked 4206th and 8077th ($1288 vs $555) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 27th 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 3rd in Iraq, while ranked 4184th 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	$10.1	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.85	$8.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.87	$1.34
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$928	$131
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$81.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1792	$256
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1104	$171
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$63.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.7	$97.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.1	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.98%	16.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3145	$746
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2277	$366
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.9	$30.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.07	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.14	$0.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$3.39
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.59	$3.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.67	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.02	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$3.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.34	$1.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.09	$1.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$2.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$4.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.7	$18.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.6	$7.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.4	$19.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$3.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$19
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$26.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$426	$119
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10204	$996

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$905
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$887
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$828
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1009
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$904
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$874
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$924
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$816
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$899
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$861
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$910
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$875
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$781
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$767
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$804
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$927
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$826
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$915
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$856
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1066
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$853
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$851
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$913
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$996
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$810
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$702
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$596
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$768
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$765
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$774
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$833
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$812
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$779
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$662
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1384
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$853
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$707
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$763
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$881

Cities near Mosul

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Duhok	$626
82 km or 51 mi	Erbil	$864
95 km or 59 mi	Zakho	$668
111 km or 69 mi	Sinjar	$653
134 km or 84 mi	Cizre	$569
140 km or 87 mi	Sirnak	$563
145 km or 90 mi	Hakkari	$535
153 km or 95 mi	Kirkuk	$535
185 km or 115 mi	Mahabad	$440
185 km or 115 mi	Piranshahr	$465
186 km or 115 mi	Qamishli	$395
187 km or 116 mi	Nusaybin	$582
194 km or 121 mi	Siirt	$565
203 km or 126 mi	Tikrit	$649
213 km or 132 mi	Al-Hasakah	$409
220 km or 137 mi	Urmia	$461
227 km or 141 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$736
237 km or 147 mi	Mardin	$603
239 km or 148 mi	Van	$499
243 km or 151 mi	Bitlis	$561
244 km or 151 mi	Batman	$585
251 km or 156 mi	Samarra	$684
252 km or 156 mi	Baneh	$538
275 km or 171 mi	Miandoab	$580
277 km or 172 mi	Derik	$618
277 km or 172 mi	Bukan	$557
279 km or 173 mi	Ceylanpinar	$587
283 km or 176 mi	Saqqez	$548
283 km or 176 mi	Cinar	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$532
291 km or 181 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$438
292 km or 181 mi	Khoy	$386
300 km or 186 mi	Mus	$571
302 km or 188 mi	Maragheh	$692
308 km or 191 mi	Diyarbakir	$733
313 km or 195 mi	Viransehir	$604
316 km or 197 mi	Caldiran	$519
323 km or 201 mi	Baqubah	$658
327 km or 203 mi	Marand	$719
328 km or 204 mi	Ramadi	$766