Cairo vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$154	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	83	26
😀 Quality of life	58	12
🏙️ Population	9.61M	2.12M

The cost of living in Cairo is 41% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 8923rd and 6832nd ($417 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Egypt and Somalia, respectively. Check Egypt vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 5545th and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Mogadishu

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	Cairo	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$879

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811

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