Crete vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$530	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	32	26
😀 Quality of life	56	12
🏙️ Population	623K	2.12M

The cost of living in Crete is 62% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 4640th and 6832nd ($1150 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th 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 28th best city to live in Greece vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 5717th and 9139th 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	$12.8	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$879

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1093
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1052
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1131
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1659
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1838
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$1038
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1437
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1159
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1045
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1033
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1272
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1054
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1082
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1265
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1070
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1022
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$990
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$955
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1049
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$380
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$764
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1099
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$980
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$381
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$773
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$655
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$909
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$681
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$843
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$643
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1011
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$638

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