Adelaide vs Hargeisa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Hargeisa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$694
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1632
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$221
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$345
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	50	11
😀 Quality of life	94	17
🏙️ Population	1.39M	760K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 205% more expensive than in Hargeisa. Cities ranked 1686th and 7132nd ($2117 vs $694) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 3rd in Australia and Somalia, respectively. Check Australia vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 0.5 months in Hargeisa. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Hargeisa ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 65th and 9161st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Hargeisa

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	Adelaide	Hargeisa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$5.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$5.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$3.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$234
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$154
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$232
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$30.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$20
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	20.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$3786
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$8606
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$29.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$3.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$2.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$6.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$4.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$3.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$14.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$46.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$22.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$26.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$31.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$545

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$502
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$1169
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$1175
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$586
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$559
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$560
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$517
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$522
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$512
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$1039
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$499
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$500
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$498
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$560
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$826
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$1031
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$724
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$500
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$1016
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$498
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$498
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$802
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$499
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$715
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$533
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$860
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$500
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$911
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$971
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$903
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$829
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$918
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$549