Mosul vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mosul	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$597	$2938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1537	$5875
🏠 One person rent	$204	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$429	$2674
🍽️ Food expenses	$193	$827
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$90.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$470	$3761
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	36	53
😀 Quality of life	45	89
🏙️ Population	1.79M	140K

The cost of living in Mosul is 80% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 7691st and 200th ($597 vs $2938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st in Iraq and Iceland, respectively. Check Iraq vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mosul compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Mosul ranked 2nd best city to live in Iraq vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 6539th and 194th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mosul vs Reykjavik

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	Mosul	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.4	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.2	$137
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.11	$17.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$10.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$3.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$1650
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$246	$2869
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$2456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.5	$42.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.6	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.11%	9.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$6649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$363	$5599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$4.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.3	$75.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$3.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$20.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$3.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$1.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.64	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$3.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.71	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.33	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.64	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$3.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.56	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$82.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$45.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.8	$128
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.9	$162
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$177	$279
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3104	$2532

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006