Dongguan vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dongguan	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$678	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2035	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$257	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$542	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.2	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$738	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	69	26
😀 Quality of life	69	13
🏙️ Population	10.5M	2.12M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 6% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7055th and 6821st ($678 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 115th 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 18th best city to live in China vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 3115th and 9110th 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	$2.12	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.7	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.69	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.89	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$330	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$685	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$415	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.8	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.4	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.07%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5799	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.1	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.3	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.9	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.3	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.96	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.24	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64.6	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.16	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.3	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$463	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21927	$890

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$763
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$602
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$629
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$491
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$830
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$641
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2427
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1590
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$808
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$801
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$824
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1014
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$852
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$895
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$783
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$726
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$819
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$780
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$691
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$795
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$592
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$605
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$746
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$774
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$774
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$813
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$794
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$725
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$538
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$618
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$611
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$607
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$623

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