Mosul vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mosul	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$588	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1427	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$196	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$320	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$195	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$485	$3627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	36	56
😀 Quality of life	52	92
🏙️ Population	1.79M	526K

The cost of living in Mosul is 67% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 7926th and 2865th ($588 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 145th in Iraq and Germany, respectively. Check Iraq vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mosul compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Mosul ranked 2nd best city to live in Iraq vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 6491st and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mosul vs Nuremberg

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	Mosul	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.17	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.58	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$262	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.1	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.4	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.42%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$810	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$921	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.6	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.52	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.69	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.33	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.8	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.56	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.34	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$12.4	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.9	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2691	$15497

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719