Mosul vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mosul	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$597	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1537	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$204	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$429	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$193	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$470	$861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	36	8
😀 Quality of life	45	59
🏙️ Population	1.79M	24.7K

The cost of living in Mosul is 60% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7691st and 3454th ($597 vs $1495) 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 0.6 months in Victoria. Mosul ranked 2nd best city to live in Iraq vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 6539th and 5404th 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	$3.4	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.2	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.11	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$1.57	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$105	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$246	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$315	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.5	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.6	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.11%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$804	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$363	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.3	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.81	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.64	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.71	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.33	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.64	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.58	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.9	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.56	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.8	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.9	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$177	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3104	$8298

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408