Mosul vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mosul	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$588	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1427	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$196	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$320	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$195	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$485	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	36	46
😀 Quality of life	52	60
🏙️ Population	1.79M	1.2M

The cost of living in Mosul is 33% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7926th and 6322nd ($588 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 14th 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 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Mosul ranked 2nd best city to live in Iraq vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 6491st and 5937th 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	$3.41	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.17	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.58	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$262	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.1	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.4	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.42%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$810	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$921	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.6	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.52	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.69	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.33	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.8	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.56	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.34	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$12.4	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.9	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2691	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758