Athens vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$616	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	26
😀 Quality of life	78	12
🏙️ Population	643K	2.12M

The cost of living in Athens is 79% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 4281st and 6832nd ($1272 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Greece and Somalia, respectively. Check Greece vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 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 656th and 9139th 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	$15.1	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$879

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1159
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1082
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1045
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1054
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1437
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1265
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1296
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1022
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$967
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$980
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$955
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$990
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$836
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1838
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$981
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1011
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1033
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$900
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1099
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1030
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1659
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1015
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$934
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$973
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1131
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1052
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$909
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$943
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$930
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$764
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1027
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1150

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$706
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$498
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$660
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$764
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$718
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$541
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$518
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$580
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$886
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$589
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$408
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$760
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$545
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$542
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$500
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$561
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$571
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$540
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$483
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$654
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$638
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$523
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$838
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$503
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$522
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$490
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$605
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$602
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$507
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$486
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$496
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1495
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$562
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$482
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$752