Brisbane vs Hargeisa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Hargeisa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1675
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$218
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$420
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$92
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$396
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	66	11
😀 Quality of life	97	7
🏙️ Population	2.36M	760K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 264% more expensive than in Hargeisa. Cities ranked 781st and 7018th ($2491 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Australia and Somalia, respectively. Check Australia vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 0.6 months in Hargeisa. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Hargeisa ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 15th and 9250th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Hargeisa

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	Brisbane	Hargeisa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$2.71
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$14.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$9.99
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$1.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$171
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$111
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$249
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$67
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$27.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	19.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$3780
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$842
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$55.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$3.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$2.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$1.98
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$5.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$4.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$2.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$1.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$2.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$35.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$12.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$59.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$22.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$36.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$596

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$527
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$671
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$626
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$584
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$554
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$553
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$509
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$514
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$504
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$489
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$491
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$491
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$550
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$686
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$810
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$711
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$491
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$946
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$488
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$490
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$590
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$492
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$719
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$524
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$934
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$491
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$915
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$988
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$895
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$827
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$895
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$535