Mosul vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mosul	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$597	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1537	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$204	$328
🏘️ Family rent	$429	$616
🍽️ Food expenses	$193	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$48.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$470	$647
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	36	46
😀 Quality of life	45	55
🏙️ Population	1.79M	1.2M

The cost of living in Mosul is 17% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7691st and 6811th ($597 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 24th in Iraq and Russia, respectively. Check Iraq vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mosul compared to 0.9 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Mosul ranked 2nd best city to live in Iraq vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 15th in Russia, while ranked 6539th and 5853rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mosul vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Mosul	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.4	$9.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.2	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.11	$4.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$352
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$246	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$462
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.5	$60.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.6	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$6.55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.11%	14.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$2295
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$363	$1448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.3	$15.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$8.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$8.35
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.64	$6.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.71	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.33	$8.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.64	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$27.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.56	$5.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.8	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.9	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$177	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3104	$4568

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$554
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$592
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$681
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$537
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$540
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$438
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$734
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$564
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$719
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$524
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$559
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$675
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$676
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$743
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$622
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1244
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$528
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$786
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$633
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$508
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$561
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$590
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$612
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$552
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$584
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$609
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$580
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$639
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$430
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$613
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$656
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$538
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$605
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$593
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$555
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$557