Cost of Living in
Al-Karmah

Cost of living	One person	Family of 4
Total with rent	$793	$1914
Without rent	$337	$1025
Rent & Utilities	$593.76	$834.76
Food	$256	$581
Transport	$36.41	$88.24
Monthly salary after tax	$524.41
Quality of life	29.43
Population	82.0K

The cost of living in Al-Karmah is $793, which is 1.06 times more expensive than the average in Iraq. Al-Karmah ranked 50th most expensive in Iraq.

The average salary after taxes in Al-Karmah is $524.41, which is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months.

Al-Karmah

We calculate prices for Al-Karmah State as a population-weighted mean of 0 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	$793	50 / 57
Without rent	$337	20 / 57
Rent & Utilities	$593.76	56 / 57
Food	$256	43 / 57
Transport	$36.41	2 / 57

Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	447.05$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	300.27$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	870.45$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	469.96$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	111.24$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	176.65$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	53.11$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.33$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	1345$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	568$

Eating Out
Lunch Menu	6.72$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	19.25$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	5.45$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	3.54$
Cappuccino	2.62$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	0.47$

Transportation
Local transport ticket	0.5$
Monthly ticket local transport	58.06$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	9.28$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	0.56$

Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	1.18$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	0.79$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.25$
Eggs, x12	2.31$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	9.44$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	3.84$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	12.68$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.62$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.12$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.89$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.72$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.64$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.53$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt	0.3$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	1.11$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	10.02$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	1.09$
Cigarette pack	1.87$
Cold medicince, 1 week	3.56$
Hair Shampoo	2.99$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls	1.45$
Toothpaste, 1 tube	3.22$

Other

Gym Membership, 1 month	28.17$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person	8.57$
Doctor's visit	18.86$
Haircut, simple	4.89$
Brand Jeans	27.31$
Brand Sneakers	68.91$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	117.07$
International Primary School, 1 year	2525$

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-Karmah

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones