Athens vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Athens	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1287	$819
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3188	$2860
🏠 One person rent	$633	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1164	$1255
🍽️ Food expenses	$442	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.3	$67.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1070	$394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	90	26
😀 Quality of life	78	16
🏙️ Population	664K	2.12M

The cost of living in Athens is 57% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 4210th and 6317th ($1287 vs $819) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 560th and 9088th 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	$14.1	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$50.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.39	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$1.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$179
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$75
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1053	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$862	$836
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$51.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.53%	7.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3172	$6395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3082	$823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.5	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.1	$5.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.53	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$5.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$5.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.91	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.28	$1.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.09	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.95	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.37	$26.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.9	$174
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$52
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$17.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$25.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$483	$64.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10293	$1047

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1235
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1239
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1172
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1334
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1237
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1250
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1097
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1137
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1338
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1475
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1467
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1359
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1125
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1134
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1047
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1086
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1129
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1038
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$887
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1974
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1090
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1037
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1058
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$943
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1186
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1067
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1738
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$945
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$937
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1047
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1169
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1015
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1177
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$825
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$984
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1098
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$647
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1009
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1144

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