Cost of Living in
Al Basrah

Cost of living	One person	Family of 4
Total with rent	$524	$1121
Without rent	$307	$947
Rent & Utilities	$270.82	$381.9
Food	$202	$490
Transport	$89.8	$223.03
Monthly salary after tax	$606.98
Quality of life	31.45
Population	666.6K

The cost of living in Al Basrah is $524, which is 1.42 times less expensive than the average in Iraq. Al Basrah ranked 15th most expensive in Iraq.

The average salary after taxes in Al Basrah is $606.98, which is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months.

Al Basrah

We calculate prices for Al Basrah 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	$524	15 / 57
Without rent	$307	9 / 57
Rent & Utilities	$270.82	29 / 57
Food	$202	17 / 57
Transport	$89.8	40 / 57

Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	219.47$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	128.47$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	300.27$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	197.38$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	47.75$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	76.56$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	47.68$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.63$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	1235$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	291$

Eating Out
Lunch Menu	6.65$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	15.85$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	3.71$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	1.49$
Cappuccino	1.14$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	0.44$

Transportation
Local transport ticket	0.43$
Monthly ticket local transport	22.18$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	19.48$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	0.54$

Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	1.06$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	0.75$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.38$
Eggs, x12	2.37$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	5.5$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	5.57$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	9.57$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.74$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.2$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.09$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.73$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.48$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.53$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt	0.39$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	1.07$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	8.11$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	2.17$
Cigarette pack	2.26$
Cold medicince, 1 week	3.61$
Hair Shampoo	1.69$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls	0.63$
Toothpaste, 1 tube	1.89$

Other

Gym Membership, 1 month	29.92$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person	7.06$
Doctor's visit	12.08$
Haircut, simple	4.59$
Brand Jeans	21.89$
Brand Sneakers	24.4$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	98.12$
International Primary School, 1 year	880$

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 Al Basrah

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones