Cost of Living in
Dohuk

Cost of living	One person	Family of 4
Total with rent	$484	$1456
Without rent	$363	$815
Rent & Utilities	$270.41	$343.37
Food	$217	$503
Transport	$82.59	$240.65
Monthly salary after tax	$730.02
Quality of life	34.44
Population	681.1K

The cost of living in Dohuk is $484, which is 1.54 times less expensive than the average in Iraq. Dohuk ranked 6th most expensive in Iraq.

The average salary after taxes in Dohuk is $730.02, which is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months.

Dohuk

We calculate prices for Dohuk State as a population-weighted mean of 2 cities. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.

Cost of living	One person	Rank
Total with rent	$484	6 / 57
Without rent	$363	30 / 57
Rent & Utilities	$270.41	28 / 57
Food	$217	28 / 57
Transport	$82.59	34 / 57

Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	235.24$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	132.35$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	313.46$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	153.4$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	51.45$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	75.23$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	29.79$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.21$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	1893$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	392$

Eating Out
Lunch Menu	4.58$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	23.48$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	5.8$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	5.01$
Cappuccino	4.28$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	0.4$

Transportation
Local transport ticket	0.37$
Monthly ticket local transport	33.37$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	16.84$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	0.34$

Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	1.37$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	0.84$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.09$
Eggs, x12	1.52$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	2.82$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	5.1$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	11.14$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.93$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.84$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.84$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.54$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.53$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.53$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt	0.36$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	0.83$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	9.67$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	1.91$
Cigarette pack	1.95$
Cold medicince, 1 week	2.82$
Hair Shampoo	2.22$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls	1.16$
Toothpaste, 1 tube	0.93$

Other

Gym Membership, 1 month	19.31$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person	8.71$
Doctor's visit	17.15$
Haircut, simple	4.29$
Brand Jeans	15.38$
Brand Sneakers	44.05$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	125.93$
International Primary School, 1 year	535$

Cost of living in other countries

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones

Rank	State	Cost of living
1	Diyala	$943
2	Salah ad Din	$912
3	Fallujah	$832
4	Abu Ghraib	$821
5	Ramadi	$819
6	Al-Qadisiyah	$802
7	Baghdad	$800
8	Al-Karmah	$793
9	Basra	$785
10	Zakho	$773
11	Samarra	$763
12	Al-Anbar	$759
13	Ninawa	$744
14	Baqubah	$738
15	Al-Faw	$735
16	Ctesiphon	$708
17	Anbar	$703
18	Umm Qasr	$689
19	Erbil	$684
20	Hillah	$677
21	Sinjar	$677
22	Amarah	$663
23	Maysan	$660
24	Baghdad Governorate	$649
25	Wasit	$637
26	Sulaymaniyah	$623
27	An Numaniyah	$617
28	Mosul	$612
29	Thi Qar	$603
30	Tikrit	$593
31	Babil	$585
32	Kufa	$584
33	Basrah	$574
34	Ad Diwaniyah	$571
35	Nasiriyah	$564
36	Karbala	$562
37	Salah al-Din	$557
38	An Najaf	$549
39	Samawah	$545
40	Duhok	$544
41	Kut	$537
42	Sulaimaniyah	$529
43	Al Basrah	$524
44	Kirkuk	$523
45	Al-Muthanna	$518
46	Dhi Qar	$516
47	Najaf	$514
48	Al Diwaniyah	$513
49	Nineveh	$509
50	Az Zubayr	$503
51	Dahuk	$489
52	Dohuk	$484
53	Tall Qasab	$480
54	As Sulaymaniyah	$477
55	Al Muthanna	$465
56	Salah ad-Din	$460
57	Al Anbar	$426

Cost of Living in Dohuk

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones