Alexandria vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Alexandria	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$384	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$990	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$95.7	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$159	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$172	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.6	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$125	$112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	51	25
😀 Quality of life	56	15
🏙️ Population	4.87M	2.12M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 46% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 9006th and 7013th ($384 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 2nd in Egypt and Somalia, respectively. Check Egypt vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Alexandria compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Alexandria ranked 3rd best city to live in Egypt vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 6233rd and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Alexandria vs Mogadishu

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	Alexandria	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.15	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.29	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.53	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$66.2	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$117	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.28	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.7	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.6	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.98%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$715	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$491	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.8	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.03	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.35	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.76	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.43	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.35	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.14	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.68	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.29	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.3	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.42	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.01	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.3	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.02	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.67	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.2	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$139	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$87.9	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1874	$575

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Cities near Alexandria

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$330
55 km or 34 mi	Damanhur	$274
113 km or 70 mi	Tanta	$287
122 km or 76 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$356
126 km or 78 mi	Shibin El Kom	$354
141 km or 87 mi	Mansoura	$326
146 km or 91 mi	Benha	$336
167 km or 104 mi	Zagazig	$345
174 km or 108 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$422
179 km or 111 mi	Cairo	$473
181 km or 113 mi	Giza	$410
182 km or 113 mi	Damietta	$331
203 km or 126 mi	Helwan	$395
225 km or 140 mi	Port Said	$306
229 km or 142 mi	Faiyum	$334
234 km or 146 mi	Ismailia	$295
262 km or 163 mi	Beni Suef	$288
286 km or 177 mi	Suez	$276
356 km or 221 mi	Minya	$348
432 km or 268 mi	Gaza	$695
444 km or 276 mi	Netivot	$1951
444 km or 276 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
446 km or 277 mi	Sderot	$1957
447 km or 278 mi	Ofakim	$1867
454 km or 282 mi	Ashdod	$1993
460 km or 286 mi	Rahat	$1879
461 km or 287 mi	Paphos	$1728
462 km or 287 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
463 km or 287 mi	Asyut	$271
463 km or 288 mi	Yavne	$2064
463 km or 288 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
464 km or 288 mi	Beersheba	$1645
467 km or 290 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
468 km or 291 mi	Holon	$1937
470 km or 292 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
470 km or 292 mi	Rehovot	$1947
470 km or 292 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
473 km or 294 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
473 km or 294 mi	Givatayim	$2303
474 km or 295 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440

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