Bangkok vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bangkok	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$941	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2857	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$416	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$1154	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$148	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$753	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	89	26
😀 Quality of life	74	12
🏙️ Population	5.68M	2.12M

The cost of living in Bangkok is 32% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 5822nd and 6832nd ($941 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Thailand and Somalia, respectively. Check Thailand vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Bangkok compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Bangkok ranked 1st best city to live in Thailand vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 1221st and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Bangkok vs Mogadishu infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/bangkok/mogadishu.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Bangkok vs Mogadishu infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/bangkok/mogadishu" target="_blank">Bangkok vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Bangkok vs Mogadishu

Prices for goods and services in Bangkok and Mogadishu are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Bangkok	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.97	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.9	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.91	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.61	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$576	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1879	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$853	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.7	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5781	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2619	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.5	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.3	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.99	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.3	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.81	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.22	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.46	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.63	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.7	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.38	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$579	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13301	$879

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$753
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$715
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$595
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$781
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$752
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$656
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$685
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$576
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$677
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$573
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$644
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$777
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$610
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$543
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$705
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$1163
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$563
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$596
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$705
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$721
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$650

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