Mexico City vs Mosul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mexico City	Mosul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1160	$597
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2923	$1537
🏠 One person rent	$603	$204
🏘️ Family rent	$1214	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$374	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$709	$470
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	92	36
😀 Quality of life	67	45
🏙️ Population	9.21M	1.79M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 95% more expensive than in Mosul. Cities ranked 4604th and 7691st ($1160 vs $597) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th 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 3470th and 6539th 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	$11.1	$3.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.5	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$6.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.84	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.69	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$846	$136
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$475	$105
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1732	$246
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$998	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.8	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.3	$97.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.34%	15.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2952	$804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$363
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$76.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.96	$13.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.43	$1.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$3.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.41	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$0.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$7.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.89	$1.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.17	$1.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.39	$2.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.79	$4.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.6	$22.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.97	$9.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.2	$17.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.8	$26.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$177
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9034	$3104

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804

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