Cost of Living in
Thi Qar

Cost of living	One person	Family of 4
Total with rent	$603	$1464
Without rent	$309	$1122
Rent & Utilities	$317.12	$405.6
Food	$270	$532
Transport	$44.35	$100.49
Monthly salary after tax	$566.04
Quality of life	26.64
Population	122.1K

The cost of living in Thi Qar is $603, which is 1.24 times less expensive than the average in Iraq. Thi Qar ranked 29th most expensive in Iraq.

The average salary after taxes in Thi Qar is $566.04, which is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months.

Thi Qar

We calculate prices for Thi Qar State as a population-weighted mean of 1 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	$603	29 / 57
Without rent	$309	11 / 57
Rent & Utilities	$317.12	38 / 57
Food	$270	51 / 57
Transport	$44.35	9 / 57

Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	395.39$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	242.09$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	604.73$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	306.33$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	57.48$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	63.93$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	30.68$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.3$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	976$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	862$

Eating Out
Lunch Menu	3.45$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	18.21$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	5.16$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	4.69$
Cappuccino	2.86$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	0.38$

Transportation
Local transport ticket	0.34$
Monthly ticket local transport	40.56$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	15.3$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	0.36$

Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	0.92$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	0.81$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.38$
Eggs, x12	2.34$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	5.68$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	5.21$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	12.67$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.22$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.41$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.95$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.74$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.85$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.52$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt	0.31$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	1.09$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	17.69$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	1.94$
Cigarette pack	1.95$
Cold medicince, 1 week	4.5$
Hair Shampoo	3.29$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls	1.06$
Toothpaste, 1 tube	2.98$

Other

Gym Membership, 1 month	36.26$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person	7.28$
Doctor's visit	16.14$
Haircut, simple	10.29$
Brand Jeans	25.57$
Brand Sneakers	53.52$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	123.73$
International Primary School, 1 year	2032$

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 Thi Qar

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones