Mosul vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mosul	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$588	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1427	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$196	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$320	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$195	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$485	$4436
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	36	78
😀 Quality of life	52	90
🏙️ Population	1.79M	689K

The cost of living in Mosul is 77% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 7926th and 832nd ($588 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 741st 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 65th in the United States, while ranked 6491st and 218th 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	$3.41	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.17	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$1.58	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$262	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.1	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.4	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.42%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$810	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$921	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.6	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.52	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.69	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.33	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.8	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.56	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.34	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$12.4	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.9	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2691	$30339

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Cities near Mosul

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Duhok	$619
82 km or 51 mi	Erbil	$845
95 km or 59 mi	Zakho	$656
111 km or 69 mi	Sinjar	$402
134 km or 84 mi	Cizre	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Sirnak	$589
145 km or 90 mi	Hakkari	$577
153 km or 95 mi	Kirkuk	$507
185 km or 115 mi	Mahabad	$409
185 km or 115 mi	Piranshahr	$433
186 km or 115 mi	Qamishli	$464
187 km or 116 mi	Nusaybin	$587
194 km or 121 mi	Siirt	$596
203 km or 126 mi	Tikrit	$631
213 km or 132 mi	Al-Hasakah	$472
220 km or 137 mi	Urmia	$504
227 km or 141 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Mardin	$559
239 km or 148 mi	Van	$585
243 km or 151 mi	Bitlis	$583
244 km or 151 mi	Batman	$624
251 km or 156 mi	Samarra	$677
252 km or 156 mi	Baneh	$492
275 km or 171 mi	Miandoab	$489
277 km or 172 mi	Derik	$587
277 km or 172 mi	Bukan	$492
279 km or 173 mi	Ceylanpinar	$603
283 km or 176 mi	Saqqez	$497
283 km or 176 mi	Cinar	$582
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$509
291 km or 181 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$486
292 km or 181 mi	Khoy	$402
300 km or 186 mi	Mus	$573
302 km or 188 mi	Maragheh	$502
308 km or 191 mi	Diyarbakir	$571
313 km or 195 mi	Viransehir	$610
316 km or 197 mi	Caldiran	$573
323 km or 201 mi	Baqubah	$672
327 km or 203 mi	Marand	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Ramadi	$768

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508