Bishkek vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bishkek	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$743	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1747	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$398	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$699	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$239	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.1	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$362	$112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	44	25
😀 Quality of life	57	15
🏙️ Population	1.19M	2.12M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 4% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 6893rd and 7013th ($743 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Kyrgyzstan and Somalia, respectively. Check Kyrgyzstan vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Bishkek compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 6164th and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bishkek vs Mogadishu

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	Bishkek	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.84	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$450	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$339	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$615	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.7	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.5	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.35%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1533	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1076	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.19	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.47	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.73	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.77	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.22	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.83	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.4	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.98	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.82	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.9	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.6	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$207	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5611	$575

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Cities near Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$501
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$613
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$615
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$787
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$884
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$532
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$573
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$629
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$762
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$445
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$549
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$451
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$562
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$648
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$680
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$639
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$651
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$525
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$754
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$618
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$626
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$844
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$620
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$468
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$600
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$650
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$603
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$625
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$480
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$559
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$658
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$614
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$555
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$544
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$712
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$674
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$475

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