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Moscow vs. Iraq Cost of Living Summary

Moscow is 99.9% more expensive than Iraq overall.

Restaurants: pay 87.2% more in Moscow
Groceries: pay 33.7% more in Moscow
Transportation: pay 2.4% more in Moscow
Housing: pay 2.0 times more in Moscow
Childcare: pay 4.2 times more in Moscow
Entertainment and Sports: pay 0.9% more in Moscow
Clothing: pay 2.5 times more in Moscow

The cost of childcare, clothing, housing, restaurants, groceries, and transportation in Moscow are more expensive than in Iraq. Notably, childcare, clothing, and housing are significantly more expensive in Moscow.

Moscow vs. Iraq Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Moscow instead of Iraq, you would:

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pay 87.2% more for restaurants

	Iraq	Moscow
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.64 IQD6,110	$9.19 RUB933.72	+97.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.72 IQD8,844	$5.10 RUB518.73	-24.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.42 IQD548	$1.07 RUB108.97	+157.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.22 IQD294	$0.49 RUB49.32	+117.4%
Average			+87.2%

Iraq vs. Moscow - Cost of restaurants

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pay 33.7% more for groceries

	Iraq	Moscow
Bread 1 loaf	$0.82 IQD1,073	$0.62 RUB62.88	-24.1%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.51 IQD3,306	$4.41 RUB447.80	+75.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.56 IQD6,000	$3.57 RUB362.51	-21.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.76 IQD2,321	$1.52 RUB154.43	-13.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.21 IQD2,905	$1.99 RUB201.79	-10.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.48 IQD633	$0.68 RUB68.83	+40.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.52 IQD680	$0.67 RUB67.83	+29.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.44 IQD584	$0.72 RUB72.72	+61.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.30 IQD400	$1.12 RUB114.18	+269.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.28 IQD364	$0.25 RUB25.33	-9.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.28 IQD369	$0.21 RUB21.26	-25.5%
Average			+33.7%

Iraq vs. Moscow - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.4% more for transportation

	Iraq	Moscow
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.93 IQD2,533	$2.22 RUB225.44	+15.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$39.46 IQD51,926	$28.58 RUB2,904.91	-27.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$16,587.19 IQD21,824,652	$30,621.85 RUB3,112,406.03	+84.6%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$15.54 IQD20,442	$5.82 RUB591.36	-62.6%
Average			+2.4%

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pay 2.0 times more for housing

	Iraq	Moscow
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$34.52 IQD45,426	$6.38 RUB648.30	-81.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$280.02 IQD368,431	$960.52 RUB97,627.31	+243.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$188.34 IQD247,806	$583.26 RUB59,282.86	+209.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$66.51 IQD87,508	$86.66 RUB8,808.08	+30.3%
Average			+100.4%

Iraq vs. Moscow - Cost of housing

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pay 4.2 times more for childcare

	Iraq	Moscow
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$139.67 IQD183,768	$466.53 RUB47,418.42	+234.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,045.09 IQD2,690,832	$10,413.52 RUB1,058,430.57	+409.2%
Average			+321.6%

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pay 0.9% more for entertainment and sports

	Iraq	Moscow
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.57 IQD3,384	$3.06 RUB311.24	+19.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.36 IQD3,106	$2.52 RUB256.58	+6.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.06 IQD2,705	$2.45 RUB248.99	+19.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	$32.77 IQD43,121	$32.34 RUB3,286.90	-1.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.37 IQD11,019	$5.10 RUB518.73	-39.1%
Average			+0.9%

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pay 2.5 times more for clothing

	Iraq	Moscow
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$23.65 IQD31,114	$81.16 RUB8,248.63	+243.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$25.45 IQD33,492	$42.31 RUB4,300.18	+66.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$48.29 IQD63,536	$108.95 RUB11,073.94	+125.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$36.75 IQD48,350	$101.97 RUB10,364.23	+177.5%
Average			+153.1%

Iraq vs. Moscow - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2025

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