Al-mawsil
- Population
- 1.7 million
- Coordinates
- 36.34° N, 43.12° E
- Time zone
- Asia/Baghdad
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $561 a month in Al-mawsil, rent included: 91% less than in New York. The average net salary is $611 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted by how much each matters to daily life; each is a percentile among the cities with that data. Ranks count only high-confidence cities: six or more domains and twenty or more contributors.
- Purchasing power25%65
- Safetycountry20%55
- Health carecountry15%49
- Climate10%100
- Air quality10%66
- Connectivitycountry10%30
- Cost10%90
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Al-mawsil | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $7.64 | $25.00 | −69% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $12.22 | $140 | −91% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $5.73 | $14.00 | −59% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $0.95 | $8.00 | −88% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $1.53 | $10.00 | −85% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $0.76 | $6.37 | −88% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $0.38 | $3.80 | −90% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.19 | $2.89 | −93% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $0.76 | $1.36 | −44% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $0.76 | $4.68 | −84% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $0.65 | $6.97 | −91% |
| Eggs (12) | $1.15 | $5.73 | −80% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $8.18 | $17.38 | −53% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $3.44 | $15.11 | −77% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $9.17 | $17.77 | −48% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $0.76 | $6.11 | −88% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $0.76 | $2.20 | −65% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $0.57 | $5.77 | −90% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $0.27 | $6.25 | −96% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $0.31 | $3.47 | −91% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $0.38 | $4.17 | −91% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $0.77 | $2.72 | −72% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.57 | $2.50 | −77% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $12.45 | $20.00 | −38% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.66 | $3.21 | −48% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.12 | $3.96 | −47% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $1.91 | $19.00 | −90% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $0.38 | $3.00 | −87% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $30.55 | $140 | −78% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $1.91 | $3.00 | −36% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $1.77 | $2.18 | −19% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $4.58 | $42.00 | −89% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $0.34 | $1.10 | −69% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $15,272 | $35,458 | −57% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $17,563 | $25,309 | −31% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $13.88 | $73.50 | −81% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $26.73 | $71.93 | −63% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $22.91 | $126 | −82% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $7.64 | $62.38 | −88% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $7.64 | $23.00 | −67% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $312 | $3,366 | −91% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $687 | $60,589 | −99% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $19.09 | $72.80 | −74% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $15.27 | $53.22 | −71% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $69.25 | $118 | −41% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $18.33 | $125 | −85% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $115 | $4,417 | −97% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $76.36 | $3,033 | −97% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $305 | $9,242 | −97% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | — | $5,461 | — |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $611 | $5,178 | −88% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 2.53% | 6.49% | −4.0 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $115 | $611 |
| Aug 2026 | — | $114 | $611 |
| Jul 2026 | — | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | 38.3 | $114 | $611 |
| Apr 2026 | 38.3 | $115 | $611 |
| Mar 2026 | 36.8 | $115 | $611 |
| Feb 2026 | 36.1 | $114 | $610 |
| Jan 2026 | 36.0 | $115 | $611 |
| Dec 2025 | 35.5 | $115 | $611 |
| Nov 2025 | 35.0 | $115 | $611 |
| Oct 2025 | 34.8 | $115 | $611 |
| Sep 2025 | 34.2 | $115 | $611 |
| Aug 2025 | 34.1 | $115 | $611 |
| Jul 2025 | 33.8 | $115 | $611 |
| May 2025 | 34.7 | $114 | $610 |
| Apr 2025 | 34.9 | $115 | $613 |
| Mar 2025 | 35.0 | $115 | $611 |
| Feb 2025 | 34.8 | $114 | $605 |
| Jan 2025 | 34.9 | $114 | $611 |
| Dec 2024 | 34.2 | $114 | $609 |
| Oct 2024 | 33.3 | $115 | $612 |
| Aug 2024 | 34.8 | $114 | $610 |
| Jul 2024 | 34.3 | $115 | $611 |
| Jun 2024 | 34.0 | $115 | $612 |
| Feb 2024 | 41.4 | $114 | $610 |
| Jan 2024 | 41.4 | $114 | $610 |
| Dec 2023 | 39.5 | $115 | $611 |
| Nov 2023 | 39.6 | $115 | $612 |
| Oct 2023 | 39.6 | $114 | $610 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Iraq's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Al-mawsil yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Al-mawsil. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Al-mawsil on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 20.5 °C
- Warmest monthJuly
- 35.2 °C
- Coldest monthJanuary
- 6.0 °C
- Rain a year
- 315 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 42%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 5.1 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 51
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 100
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 67
- PM2.5
- 11.2µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 660-100
Internet
Iraq median; city not listed- Upload
- 48Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 12ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 72Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 19ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Al-mawsil yet.
Cities like Al-mawsil
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Contributors
- 2Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20266 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 11 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 93%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026