Dubai vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dubai	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2514	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5509	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$1723	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$3020	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$455	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4067	$112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	65	25
😀 Quality of life	91	15
🏙️ Population	3.94M	2.12M

The cost of living in Dubai is 252% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 848th and 7013th ($2514 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in the United Arab Emirates and Somalia, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Dubai compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Dubai ranked 1st best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 158th and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dubai vs Mogadishu

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	Dubai	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.3	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.2	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.32	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.9	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$5.8	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2095	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1336	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3716	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2461	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$96.1	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.52%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7516	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3977	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.62	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$86.3	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.15	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.47	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.4	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.62	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.12	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.44	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81.6	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.6	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$77.7	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.82	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$857	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15029	$575

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Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1419
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2521
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1228
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1449
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1078
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$792
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1849
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1081
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1770
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$529
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$568
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$534
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1237
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1201
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1230
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$908
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$573
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1008
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$553
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$873
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$530
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$624
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$761
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$930
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$477
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$463
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$808
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$545
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$483

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