Damascus vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Damascus	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$671	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$315	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$505	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$250	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.5	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$47.6	$112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	28	25
😀 Quality of life	39	15
🏙️ Population	2.69M	2.12M

The cost of living in Damascus is 6% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7287th and 7013th ($671 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Syria and Somalia, respectively. Check Syria vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 7834th and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Mogadishu

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	Damascus	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.99	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.8	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.61	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.95	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$398	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$295	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.62%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1865	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$645	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.96	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.18	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.86	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.2	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.98	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.82	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.78	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.4	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$49.6	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1711	$575

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108

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