Mosul vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mosul	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$597	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1537	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$204	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$429	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$193	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$470	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	36	99
😀 Quality of life	45	95
🏙️ Population	1.79M	2.15M

The cost of living in Mosul is 74% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7691st and 1222nd ($597 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st in Iraq and France, respectively. Check Iraq vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mosul compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Mosul ranked 2nd best city to live in Iraq vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 6539th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mosul vs Paris

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	Mosul	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.4	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.2	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.11	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$246	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.5	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.6	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.11%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$363	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.3	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.64	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.71	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.33	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.64	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.56	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.8	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.9	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$177	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3104	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293