Dongguan vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$250	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	69	26
😀 Quality of life	69	12
🏙️ Population	10.5M	2.12M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 8% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7169th and 6832nd ($656 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 1st in China and Somalia, respectively. Check China vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 2941st and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Mogadishu

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	Dongguan	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$879

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$774
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$916
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$601
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$461
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$804
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$653
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2432
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1588
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$794
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$764
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$812
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$936
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$823
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$877
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$755
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$569
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$803
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$758
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$443
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$655
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$451
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$581
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$724
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$761
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$756
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$761
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$771
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$702
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$522
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$609
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$590
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$579
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598

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