Mosul vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mosul	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$588	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1427	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$196	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$320	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$195	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$485	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	36	42
😀 Quality of life	52	68
🏙️ Population	1.79M	1.08M

The cost of living in Mosul is 19% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7926th and 6947th ($588 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 4th in Iraq and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Iraq vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mosul compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Mosul ranked 2nd best city to live in Iraq vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6491st and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mosul vs Nur-Sultan

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	Mosul	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.17	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.58	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$262	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.1	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.4	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.42%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$810	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$921	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.6	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.52	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.69	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.33	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.8	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.56	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.34	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$12.4	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.9	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2691	$5235

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525