Mosul vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mosul	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$597	$2508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1537	$6081
🏠 One person rent	$204	$1562
🏘️ Family rent	$429	$2876
🍽️ Food expenses	$193	$640
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$470	$4538
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	36	78
😀 Quality of life	45	88
🏙️ Population	1.79M	689K

The cost of living in Mosul is 76% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 7691st and 790th ($597 vs $2508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 733rd in Iraq and the United States, respectively. Check Iraq vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mosul compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Mosul ranked 2nd best city to live in Iraq vs Nashville ranked 58th in the United States, while ranked 6539th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mosul vs Nashville

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	Mosul	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.4	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.2	$72.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.11	$9.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$7.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$6.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$1711
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$1308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$246	$3359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$2469
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.5	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.6	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.11%	6.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$3428
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$363	$3097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$2.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.3	$68.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$3.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$3.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$13.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$5.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$4.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$3.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.64	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$3.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.71	$7.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.33	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.64	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$4.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$54.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.56	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$27.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.8	$54.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.9	$96.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$177	$1251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3104	$30520

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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

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494