Bandung vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bandung	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$534	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1291	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$212	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$328	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.1	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$266	$112
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	80	25
😀 Quality of life	61	15
🏙️ Population	2.88M	2.12M

The cost of living in Bandung is 25% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 8422nd and 7013th ($534 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 18th and 2nd in Indonesia and Somalia, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bandung compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Bandung ranked 8th best city to live in Indonesia vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 5755th and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bandung vs Mogadishu

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	Bandung	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.52	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.98	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.63	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.51	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$198	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$350	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$247	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.9	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.26%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$916	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$402	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.4	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.69	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.56	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.85	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.48	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.4	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.59	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.73	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.91	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.63	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.6	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.04	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.98	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.8	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$95.7	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7422	$575

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Cities near Bandung

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.3 km or 5.1 mi	Cimahi	$490
71 km or 44 mi	Sukabumi	$561
82 km or 51 mi	Tasikmalaya	$367
93 km or 58 mi	Bogor	$480
101 km or 63 mi	Bekasi	$555
103 km or 64 mi	Depok	$400
113 km or 70 mi	Cirebon	$523
114 km or 71 mi	Jakarta	$699
116 km or 72 mi	Banjar	$488
119 km or 74 mi	South Tangerang	$567
134 km or 83 mi	Tangerang	$665
173 km or 108 mi	Tegal	$482
181 km or 113 mi	Cilacap	$478
182 km or 113 mi	Serang	$517
202 km or 125 mi	Cilegon	$511
233 km or 145 mi	Pekalongan	$471
306 km or 190 mi	Bandar Lampung	$368
315 km or 195 mi	Semarang	$488
323 km or 201 mi	Yogyakarta	$445
323 km or 201 mi	Metro	$429
327 km or 203 mi	Salatiga	$422
365 km or 227 mi	Surakarta	$409
443 km or 275 mi	Madiun	$456
500 km or 310 mi	Kediri	$447
521 km or 324 mi	Blitar	$440
538 km or 334 mi	Prabumulih	$411
539 km or 335 mi	Palembang	$390
540 km or 336 mi	Mojokerto	$413
556 km or 346 mi	Batu	$409
569 km or 353 mi	Malang	$384
572 km or 355 mi	Surabaya	$551
578 km or 359 mi	Pagar Alam	$448
594 km or 369 mi	Pasuruan	$457
629 km or 391 mi	Probolinggo	$470
661 km or 411 mi	Lubuklinggau	$443
684 km or 425 mi	Bengkulu	$461
740 km or 460 mi	Jambi	$444
795 km or 494 mi	Pontianak	$413
837 km or 520 mi	Bali	$1134
864 km or 537 mi	Denpasar	$489

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