Adelaide vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	50	25
😀 Quality of life	94	15
🏙️ Population	1.39M	2.12M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 196% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 1686th and 7013th ($2117 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 2nd 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 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 65th and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Mogadishu

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	Adelaide	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$575

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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 Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$724
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$548
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$694
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$1169
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$1175
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$549
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$502
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$596
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$1031
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$460
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$420
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$811
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$552
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$559
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$503
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$533
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$586
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$560
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$528
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$802
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$612
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$567
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$1039
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$517
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$543
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$511
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$654
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$623
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$522
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$421
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$512
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1585
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$582
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$499
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$864