Abu Dhabi vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abu Dhabi	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4703	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$1173	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$2618	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.6	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3781	$352
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	53	26
😀 Quality of life	83	12
🏙️ Population	1.48M	2.12M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 157% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 2320th and 6832nd ($1828 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Somalia, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Abu Dhabi ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 438th and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Mogadishu

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	Abu Dhabi	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$5.72	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1236	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2996	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2225	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.9	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$104	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.24%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5750	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4816	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.68	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.53	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.9	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.87	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.27	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.54	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.98	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.88	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$65.3	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.9	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.2	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$641	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12452	$879

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2379
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1494
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1844
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$2240
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1239
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1779
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1709
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$780
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$967
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1223
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1243
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1090
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$547
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$1068
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1056
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$548
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$897
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$901
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$514
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$518
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$589
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$551
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$546
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$563
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$557
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$585
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$515
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$464
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$605
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$529
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1637
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$536

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$706
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$498
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$660
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$764
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$718
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$541
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$518
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$580
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$886
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$589
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$408
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$760
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$545
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$542
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$500
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$561
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$571
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$540
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$483
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$654
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$638
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$523
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$838
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$503
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$522
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$490
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$605
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$602
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$507
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$486
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$496
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1495
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$562
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$482
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$752