Mosul vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mosul	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$596	$701
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1544	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$202	$347
🏘️ Family rent	$427	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$196	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$54.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$470	$601
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	36	46
😀 Quality of life	45	60
🏙️ Population	1.79M	1.47M

The cost of living in Mosul is 15% less expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 7820th and 6924th ($596 vs $701) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 16th in Iraq and Russia, respectively. Check Iraq vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Mosul compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Mosul ranked 2nd best city to live in Iraq vs Yekaterinburg ranked 7th in Russia, while ranked 6552nd and 5229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mosul vs Yekaterinburg

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	Mosul	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.42	$7.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.3	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.11	$4.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.58	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$136	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$104	$252
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$242	$836
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$317	$538
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.2	$62.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$95	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$7.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.21%	12.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$803	$1941
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$1299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.38	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$76.3	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.8	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.54	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.8	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$8.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$3.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$6.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.7	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.73	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.33	$3.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.67	$3.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.59	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$27.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.52	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.32	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$18	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$27	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$180
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3176	$4718

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Cities near Mosul

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Duhok	$652
82 km or 51 mi	Erbil	$876
95 km or 59 mi	Zakho	$698
111 km or 69 mi	Sinjar	$680
134 km or 84 mi	Cizre	$575
140 km or 87 mi	Sirnak	$563
145 km or 90 mi	Hakkari	$540
153 km or 95 mi	Kirkuk	$498
185 km or 115 mi	Mahabad	$466
185 km or 115 mi	Piranshahr	$490
186 km or 115 mi	Qamishli	$443
187 km or 116 mi	Nusaybin	$588
194 km or 121 mi	Siirt	$578
203 km or 126 mi	Tikrit	$636
213 km or 132 mi	Al-Hasakah	$449
220 km or 137 mi	Urmia	$519
227 km or 141 mi	Sulaymaniyah	$651
237 km or 147 mi	Mardin	$600
239 km or 148 mi	Van	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Bitlis	$570
244 km or 151 mi	Batman	$624
251 km or 156 mi	Samarra	$675
252 km or 156 mi	Baneh	$581
275 km or 171 mi	Miandoab	$667
277 km or 172 mi	Derik	$605
277 km or 172 mi	Bukan	$615
279 km or 173 mi	Ceylanpinar	$590
283 km or 176 mi	Saqqez	$597
283 km or 176 mi	Cinar	$611
291 km or 181 mi	Marivan	$569
291 km or 181 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$481
292 km or 181 mi	Khoy	$425
300 km or 186 mi	Mus	$580
302 km or 188 mi	Maragheh	$844
308 km or 191 mi	Diyarbakir	$640
313 km or 195 mi	Viransehir	$600
316 km or 197 mi	Caldiran	$538
323 km or 201 mi	Baqubah	$655
327 km or 203 mi	Marand	$907
328 km or 204 mi	Ramadi	$762

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$539
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$531
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$698
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$490
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$567
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$782
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$620
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$484
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$575
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$451
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$503
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$463
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$630
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$654
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$533
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$589
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$513
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$541
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$406
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$530
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$522
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$612
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$562
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$376
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628