Mosul vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mosul	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$588	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1427	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$196	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$320	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$195	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$485	$832
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	36	8
😀 Quality of life	52	63
🏙️ Population	1.79M	24.7K

The cost of living in Mosul is 63% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7926th and 3601st ($588 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st in Iraq and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Iraq vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mosul compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Mosul ranked 2nd best city to live in Iraq vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6491st and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mosul vs Victoria

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	Mosul	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.17	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.58	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$262	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$194	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.1	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.4	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.42%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$810	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$921	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.6	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.52	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.45	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.15	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.69	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.94	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.33	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.68	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.8	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.56	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.34	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$12.4	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.9	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$198	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2691	$8213

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420