Mosul vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mosul	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$555	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1363	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$186	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$317	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$200	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$456	$626
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	36	43
😀 Quality of life	46	63
🏙️ Population	1.69M	1.08M

The cost of living in Mosul is 32% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 8077th and 6335th ($555 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 27th 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 3rd best city to live in Iraq vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6552nd and 4845th 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	$4	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.8	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.34	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$131	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.3	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$256	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$171	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.1	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.5	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.84%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$746	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$366	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.4	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.53	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.39	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.98	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.08	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.52	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.33	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.65	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.91	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.2	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.63	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.4	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.31	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$19	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$119	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$996	$8086

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Cities near Mosul

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Duhok	$626
82 km or 51 mi	Erbil	$864
95 km or 59 mi	Zakho	$668
111 km or 69 mi	Sinjar	$653
134 km or 84 mi	Cizre	$569
140 km or 87 mi	Sirnak	$563
145 km or 90 mi	Hakkari	$535
153 km or 95 mi	Kirkuk	$535
185 km or 115 mi	Mahabad	$440
185 km or 115 mi	Piranshahr	$465
186 km or 115 mi	Qamishli	$395
187 km or 116 mi	Nusaybin	$582
194 km or 121 mi	Siirt	$565
203 km or 126 mi	Tikrit	$649
213 km or 132 mi	Al-Hasakah	$409
220 km or 137 mi	Urmia	$461
227 km or 141 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$736
237 km or 147 mi	Mardin	$603
239 km or 148 mi	Van	$499
243 km or 151 mi	Bitlis	$561
244 km or 151 mi	Batman	$585
251 km or 156 mi	Samarra	$684
252 km or 156 mi	Baneh	$538
275 km or 171 mi	Miandoab	$580
277 km or 172 mi	Derik	$618
277 km or 172 mi	Bukan	$557
279 km or 173 mi	Ceylanpinar	$587
283 km or 176 mi	Saqqez	$548
283 km or 176 mi	Cinar	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$532
291 km or 181 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$438
292 km or 181 mi	Khoy	$386
300 km or 186 mi	Mus	$571
302 km or 188 mi	Maragheh	$692
308 km or 191 mi	Diyarbakir	$733
313 km or 195 mi	Viransehir	$604
316 km or 197 mi	Caldiran	$519
323 km or 201 mi	Baqubah	$658
327 km or 203 mi	Marand	$719
328 km or 204 mi	Ramadi	$766

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651