Alexandria vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Alexandria	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$495	$819
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1302	$2860
🏠 One person rent	$164	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$351	$1255
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$44	$67.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$149	$394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	36 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	49	26
😀 Quality of life	51	16
🏙️ Population	4.87M	2.12M

The cost of living in Alexandria is 40% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 8536th and 6317th ($495 vs $819) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st 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 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Alexandria ranked 2nd best city to live in Egypt vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 6224th and 9088th 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	$5.31	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.4	$50.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.46	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.74	$1.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.35	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$179
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$75
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$486	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$273	$836
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$15.4	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$51.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	16.27%	7.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$716	$6395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$371	$823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.19	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.74	$5.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.39	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.78	$5.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$5.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.49	$0.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.6	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.49	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.31	$1.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.22	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.1	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.45	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.79	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.84	$26.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$174
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.57	$52
👖 Brand Jeans	$36.8	$17.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$125	$25.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$86.5	$64.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3745	$1047

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Cities near Alexandria

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$449
55 km or 34 mi	Damanhur	$393
113 km or 70 mi	Tanta	$450
122 km or 76 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$489
126 km or 78 mi	Shibin El Kom	$490
141 km or 87 mi	Mansoura	$446
146 km or 91 mi	Benha	$490
167 km or 104 mi	Zagazig	$472
174 km or 108 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$511
179 km or 111 mi	Cairo	$549
181 km or 113 mi	Giza	$513
182 km or 113 mi	Damietta	$418
203 km or 126 mi	Helwan	$494
225 km or 140 mi	Port Said	$384
229 km or 142 mi	Faiyum	$478
234 km or 146 mi	Ismailia	$468
262 km or 163 mi	Beni Suef	$470
286 km or 177 mi	Suez	$366
356 km or 221 mi	Minya	$455
432 km or 268 mi	Gaza	$657
444 km or 276 mi	Netivot	$1725
444 km or 276 mi	Ashkelon	$1499
446 km or 277 mi	Sderot	$1703
447 km or 278 mi	Ofakim	$1671
454 km or 282 mi	Ashdod	$1848
460 km or 286 mi	Rahat	$1687
461 km or 287 mi	Paphos	$1400
462 km or 287 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1779
463 km or 287 mi	Asyut	$421
463 km or 288 mi	Yavne	$1826
463 km or 288 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1825
464 km or 288 mi	Beersheba	$1523
467 km or 290 mi	Bat Yam	$1871
468 km or 291 mi	Holon	$1776
470 km or 292 mi	Ness Ziona	$1912
470 km or 292 mi	Rehovot	$1701
470 km or 292 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2010
473 km or 294 mi	Tel Aviv	$2259
473 km or 294 mi	Givatayim	$2113
474 km or 295 mi	Ramat Gan	$2212

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$805
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$452
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$815
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$702
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$676
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$486
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$602
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$705
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$493
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$840
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$530
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$524
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$646
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$622
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$524
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$524
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$439
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$923
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$536
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$551
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$522
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$405
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$871
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$571
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$706
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$820
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$486
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$441
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$424
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$557
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$557
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$490
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$600
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$481
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1608
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$542
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$466
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$883