Cost of living comparison

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Karbala vs. Berlin Cost of Living Summary

Karbala is 66.2% cheaper than Berlin.

Restaurants: pay 77.0% less in Karbala
Groceries: pay 61.1% less in Karbala
Transportation: pay 66.7% less in Karbala
Housing: pay 63.0% less in Karbala
Childcare: pay 62.2% less in Karbala
Entertainment and Sports: pay 59.4% less in Karbala
Clothing: pay 74.1% less in Karbala

Expenses including restaurants, clothing, transportation, housing, childcare, and groceries are lower in Karbala.

Karbala vs. Berlin Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Karbala instead of Berlin, you would:

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pay 77.0% less for restaurants

	Berlin	Karbala
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$17.52 €15.28	$4.96 IQD6,504	-71.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$13.55 €11.82	$5.69 IQD7,451	-58.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.49 €3.04	$0.38 IQD497	-89.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.98 €2.60	$0.32 IQD416	-89.4%
Average			-77.0%

Berlin vs. Karbala - Cost of restaurants

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pay 61.1% less for groceries

	Berlin	Karbala
Bread 1 loaf	$2.25 €1.97	$0.65 IQD847	-71.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.10 €6.19	$2.75 IQD3,604	-61.2%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.13 €4.48	$4.34 IQD5,684	-15.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.88 €3.39	$1.73 IQD2,264	-55.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.52 €4.81	$2.16 IQD2,827	-60.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.54 €1.35	$0.44 IQD579	-71.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.94 €0.82	$0.48 IQD635	-48.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.20 €1.05	$0.42 IQD555	-64.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.76 €1.54	$0.31 IQD401	-82.6%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 €0.79	$0.28 IQD362	-69.5%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.78 €0.68	$0.22 IQD287	-71.8%
Average			-61.1%

Berlin vs. Karbala - Cost of groceries

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pay 66.7% less for transportation

	Berlin	Karbala
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$7.52 €6.56	$1.87 IQD2,445	-75.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$68.91 €60.11	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,702.07 €28,527.12	$10,618.32 IQD14M	-67.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$32.00 €27.92	$13.65 IQD17,883	-57.3%
Average			-66.7%

Berlin vs. Karbala - Cost of transportation

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pay 63.0% less for housing

	Berlin	Karbala
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$50.32 €43.90	$48.85 IQD63,987	-2.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,427.12 €1,244.93	$251.69 IQD330K	-82.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,068.35 €931.96	$146.54 IQD192K	-86.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$277.09 €241.71	$54.49 IQD71,377	-80.3%
Average			-63.0%

Berlin vs. Karbala - Cost of housing

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pay 62.2% less for childcare

	Berlin	Karbala
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$184.92 €161.31	$124.83 IQD164K	-32.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$9,579.95 €8,356.92	$779.23 IQD1M	-91.9%
Average			-62.2%

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pay 59.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Berlin	Karbala
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$5.26 €4.58	$1.52 IQD1,987	-71.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.45 €3.88	$1.62 IQD2,125	-63.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$10.16 €8.86	$1.90 IQD2,484	-81.3%
Monthly membership at local gym	$38.79 €33.84	$23.32 IQD30,541	-39.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$14.89 €12.99	$8.79 IQD11,517	-41.0%
Average			-59.4%

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pay 74.1% less for clothing

	Berlin	Karbala
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$93.79 €81.82	$17.02 IQD22,298	-81.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$43.63 €38.06	$13.90 IQD18,214	-68.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$106.67 €93.05	$30.34 IQD39,740	-71.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$129.59 €113.05	$32.49 IQD42,564	-74.9%
Average			-74.1%

Berlin vs. Karbala - Cost of clothing

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