Bishkek vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bishkek	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$713	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$380	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$727	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$34	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$385	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	26
😀 Quality of life	52	12
🏙️ Population	1.15M	2.12M

The cost of living in Bishkek is 0.3% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 6826th and 6832nd ($713 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Bishkek ranked 1st best city to live in Kyrgyzstan vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 6118th and 9139th 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	$5.73	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.9	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.66	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$439	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$326	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$897	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.5	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.1	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.31%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1273	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$929	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.54	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.43	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.72	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.97	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.01	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.17	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.61	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.11	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3972	$879

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Cities near Bishkek

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kant	$674
59 km or 37 mi	Tokmok	$667
171 km or 106 mi	Toktogul	$607
171 km or 106 mi	Kaskelen	$785
194 km or 121 mi	Almaty	$881
195 km or 121 mi	Talas	$623
198 km or 123 mi	Naryn	$637
207 km or 129 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$652
233 km or 145 mi	Kapchagay	$749
251 km or 156 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
261 km or 162 mi	Taraz	$441
299 km or 186 mi	Osh	$477
303 km or 188 mi	Andijan	$430
317 km or 197 mi	Namangan	$538
357 km or 222 mi	Margilan	$591
360 km or 224 mi	Fergana	$626
376 km or 233 mi	Artux	$619
387 km or 240 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
398 km or 247 mi	Kashgar	$634
411 km or 256 mi	Shymkent	$569
439 km or 273 mi	Chirchiq	$444
444 km or 276 mi	Balkhash	$624
449 km or 279 mi	Konibodom	$613
471 km or 292 mi	Tashkent	$853
482 km or 300 mi	Istiklol	$613
497 km or 309 mi	Kentau	$501
498 km or 310 mi	Ghafurov	$614
499 km or 310 mi	Buston	$615
502 km or 312 mi	Khujand	$623
506 km or 314 mi	Aksu	$610
516 km or 320 mi	Turkistan	$512
558 km or 346 mi	Yining	$543
568 km or 353 mi	Istaravshan	$613
614 km or 382 mi	Aral	$601
637 km or 396 mi	Jizzakh	$507
642 km or 399 mi	Bole	$531
682 km or 424 mi	Dushanbe	$605
691 km or 430 mi	Panjakent	$602
721 km or 448 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
729 km or 453 mi	Samarkand	$472

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