Abidjan vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Abidjan	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1164	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3101	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$551	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$1338	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$332	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$201	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	34	26
😀 Quality of life	37	13
🏙️ Population	4.98M	2.12M

The cost of living in Abidjan is 62% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 4695th and 6821st ($1164 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ivory Coast and Somalia, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abidjan compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 7254th and 9110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abidjan vs Mogadishu

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	Abidjan	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.43	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.6	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$789	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$282	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1773	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$945	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.5	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.57%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2228	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1321	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.95	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$46.3	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.45	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.65	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.2	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.39	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.67	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.57	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.23	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.39	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.27	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.48	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$69.9	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.54	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.2	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3084	$890

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Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1014
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$1012
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$1034
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$1015
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1021
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$1035
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$548
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$546
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$1071
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$412
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$585
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$747
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$546
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$368
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$1047
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$345
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$570
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$656
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$494
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$494
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$495
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$492
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$711
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$971
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$655
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$766
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$652
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$751
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$503
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$617
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$652
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$494
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$755
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$656
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$710
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$528
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$983
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$761
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$496

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$711
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$502
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$684
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$671
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$626
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$535
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$527
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$560
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$810
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$571
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$482
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$745
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$601
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$493
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$548
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$584
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$553
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$460
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$590
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$543
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$675
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$814
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$518
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$483
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$583
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$581
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$639
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1552
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$511
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$489
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$799