Beirut vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Beirut	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1255	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3214	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$605	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$1314	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$542	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	75	26
😀 Quality of life	63	12
🏙️ Population	2.42M	2.12M

The cost of living in Beirut is 76% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 4326th and 6832nd ($1255 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lebanon and Somalia, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Beirut compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 4772nd and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Mogadishu

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	Beirut	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.3	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.83	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.02	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.9	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.58	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$732	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1783	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$887	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$209	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.6	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.48%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3136	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1549	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.6	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.1	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.82	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.02	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.8	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.01	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.08	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.9	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$117	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$294	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4459	$879

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1020
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$912
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$798
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$776
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$573
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$1681
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$1616
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$1531
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1502
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$1655
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$1600
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1645
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$1593
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$1732
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$1652
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$679
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1576
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$417
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$608
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2138
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$386
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$1902

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