Crete vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Crete	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1186	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2974	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$532	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$1056	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$445	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.6	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1043	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	33	26
😀 Quality of life	72	13
🏙️ Population	623K	2.12M

The cost of living in Crete is 65% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 4641st and 6821st ($1186 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 1st in Greece and Somalia, respectively. Check Greece vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Crete ranked 6th best city to live in Greece vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 1944th and 9110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Mogadishu

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	Crete	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.9	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.08	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$434	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$932	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3592	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3109	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.46	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.5	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.5	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.96	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.12	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.45	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.18	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.44	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.32	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.42	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.9	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.9	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$407	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3997	$890

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1137
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1120
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1257
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1769
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1956
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$868
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1528
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1257
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1143
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1123
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1366
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1146
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1054
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1228
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1459
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1095
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1106
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1060
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1005
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1077
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$408
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$743
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1198
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1148
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$407
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$741
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$638
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$892
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$663
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$876
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$600
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1080
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$612

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$711
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$502
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$684
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$671
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$626
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$535
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$527
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$560
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$810
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$571
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$482
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$745
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$601
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$493
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$548
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$584
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$553
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$460
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$590
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$543
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$675
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$814
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$518
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$483
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$583
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$581
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$639
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1552
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$511
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$489
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$799