Athens vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$675	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	26
😀 Quality of life	78	13
🏙️ Population	643K	2.12M

The cost of living in Athens is 90% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 4177th and 6821st ($1366 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Greece and Somalia, respectively. Check Greece vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 658th and 9110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Mogadishu

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	Athens	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$890

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1257
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1228
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1143
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1146
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1528
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1459
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1399
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1106
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1054
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1148
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1005
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1060
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$896
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1956
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1133
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1080
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1123
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$956
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1198
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1019
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1062
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1769
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$899
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$989
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1257
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1120
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1223
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$892
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1036
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1094
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$743
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1050
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1186

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$711
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$502
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$684
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$671
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$626
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$535
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$527
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$560
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$810
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$571
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$482
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$745
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$601
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$493
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$548
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$584
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$553
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$460
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$590
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$543
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$675
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$814
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$518
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$483
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$583
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$581
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$639
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1552
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$511
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$489
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$799