Chisinau vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chisinau	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$947	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2238	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$528	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$908	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$346	$112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	51	25
😀 Quality of life	59	15
🏙️ Population	639K	2.12M

The cost of living in Chisinau is 32% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 5968th and 7013th ($947 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Moldova and Somalia, respectively. Check Moldova vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Chisinau compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Chisinau ranked 1st best city to live in Moldova vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 6039th and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chisinau vs Mogadishu

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	Chisinau	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.01	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.9	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.81	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.86	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$521	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$677	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.23	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.72%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2427	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1691	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.39	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.41	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.56	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.83	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.24	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.08	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.17	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.37	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.59	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.14	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$405	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7015	$575

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Cities near Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$884
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$921
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$670
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$546
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$901
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1164
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$804
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$964
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$793
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$797
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$926
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$879
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$659
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$624
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$724
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$815
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$895
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$711
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$898
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$854
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$871
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$830
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$603
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$857
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$545
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$712
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$420
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$1056
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$762
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$535
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$1024
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1103
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$885
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$749
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$703
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$775
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$970

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