Cost of Living in
Karbala

Cost of living	One person	Family of 4
Total with rent	$562	$1076
Without rent	$305	$1036
Rent & Utilities	$220.31	$353.22
Food	$162	$537
Transport	$89.46	$235.33
Monthly salary after tax	$456.68
Quality of life	26.99
Population	608.3K

The cost of living in Karbala is $562, which is 1.33 times less expensive than the average in Iraq. Karbala ranked 22th most expensive in Iraq.

The average salary after taxes in Karbala is $456.68, which is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months.

Karbala

We calculate prices for Karbala 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	$562	22 / 57
Without rent	$305	7 / 57
Rent & Utilities	$220.31	11 / 57
Food	$162	1 / 57
Transport	$89.46	38 / 57

Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	254.48$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	112.01$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	289.94$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	213.3$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	51.68$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	68.43$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	38.65$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.44$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	1127$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	351$

Eating Out
Lunch Menu	6.46$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	11.47$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	4.45$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	1.62$
Cappuccino	1.45$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	0.37$

Transportation
Local transport ticket	0.36$
Monthly ticket local transport	23.67$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	15.13$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	0.38$

Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	1.07$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	0.63$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.19$
Eggs, x12	3.18$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	3.78$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	4.97$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	9.01$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.75$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.21$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.78$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.73$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.57$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.53$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt	0.4$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	1.15$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	5.9$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	1.69$
Cigarette pack	2.04$
Cold medicince, 1 week	3.5$
Hair Shampoo	1.36$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls	0.64$
Toothpaste, 1 tube	1.94$

Other

Gym Membership, 1 month	26.86$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person	7.6$
Doctor's visit	12.66$
Haircut, simple	3.41$
Brand Jeans	20.63$
Brand Sneakers	28.64$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	95.09$
International Primary School, 1 year	628$

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 Karbala

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones