Mosul vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mosul	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$597	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1537	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$204	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$429	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$193	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$470	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	36	43
😀 Quality of life	45	64
🏙️ Population	1.79M	1.08M

The cost of living in Mosul is 23% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7691st and 6565th ($597 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 3rd 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 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Mosul ranked 2nd best city to live in Iraq vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 6539th and 4554th 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	$3.4	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.2	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.11	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$246	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.5	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.6	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.11%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$363	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.3	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.64	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.71	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.33	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.64	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.56	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.8	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.9	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$177	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3104	$5487

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512