Mosul vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mosul	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$565	$1753
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1365	$4305
🏠 One person rent	$196	$874
🏘️ Family rent	$317	$1508
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$578
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$483	$3888
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	40	56
😀 Quality of life	45	91
🏙️ Population	1.79M	526K

The cost of living in Mosul is 68% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 8282nd and 2992nd ($565 vs $1753) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 152nd in Iraq and Germany, respectively. Check Iraq vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Mosul compared to 2.2 months in Nuremberg. Mosul ranked 7th best city to live in Iraq vs Nuremberg ranked 25th in Germany, while ranked 7239th and 131st 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	$3.9	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.1	$84
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$13.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$1.35	$4.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$4.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$836
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$104	$591
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$1531
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$1084
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$190
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.4	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.27%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$810	$7307
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$935	$3825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$4.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$65.1	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.46	$2.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.72	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.69	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$4.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.89	$2.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.68	$6.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.04	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.34	$15.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.63	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.57	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.1	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.9	$47.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.33	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$12.7	$96.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$29.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$196	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3161	$19685

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Cities near Mosul

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Duhok	$625
82 km or 51 mi	Erbil	$844
95 km or 59 mi	Zakho	$662
111 km or 69 mi	Sinjar	$384
134 km or 84 mi	Cizre	$590
140 km or 87 mi	Sirnak	$588
145 km or 90 mi	Hakkari	$580
153 km or 95 mi	Kirkuk	$516
185 km or 115 mi	Mahabad	$393
185 km or 115 mi	Piranshahr	$409
186 km or 115 mi	Qamishli	$490
187 km or 116 mi	Nusaybin	$579
194 km or 121 mi	Siirt	$601
203 km or 126 mi	Tikrit	$633
213 km or 132 mi	Al-Hasakah	$497
220 km or 137 mi	Urmia	$476
227 km or 141 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$658
237 km or 147 mi	Mardin	$527
239 km or 148 mi	Van	$580
243 km or 151 mi	Bitlis	$586
244 km or 151 mi	Batman	$640
251 km or 156 mi	Samarra	$677
252 km or 156 mi	Baneh	$436
275 km or 171 mi	Miandoab	$432
277 km or 172 mi	Derik	$596
277 km or 172 mi	Bukan	$436
279 km or 173 mi	Ceylanpinar	$597
283 km or 176 mi	Saqqez	$438
283 km or 176 mi	Cinar	$619
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$449
291 km or 181 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$521
292 km or 181 mi	Khoy	$374
300 km or 186 mi	Mus	$573
302 km or 188 mi	Maragheh	$444
308 km or 191 mi	Diyarbakir	$608
313 km or 195 mi	Viransehir	$609
316 km or 197 mi	Caldiran	$575
323 km or 201 mi	Baqubah	$670
327 km or 203 mi	Marand	$429
328 km or 204 mi	Ramadi	$754

Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1673
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1670
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1639
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1760
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1625
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1645
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1604
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1399
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1601
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1323
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1425
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1568
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1535
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1575
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1544
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1708
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1704
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1667
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1673
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1546
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1560
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1296
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1585
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1648
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1331
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1736
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1684
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1551
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1790
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1593
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1292
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1729