Dublin vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dublin	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2858	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6400	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$1880	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$3325	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$160	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4105	$112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	96	25
😀 Quality of life	96	15
🏙️ Population	593K	2.12M

The cost of living in Dublin is 300% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 315th and 7013th ($2858 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Ireland and Somalia, respectively. Check Ireland vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Dublin compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Dublin ranked 1st best city to live in Ireland vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 21st and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dublin vs Mogadishu

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	Dublin	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.8	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91.9	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.38	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2001	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1600	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3623	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2903	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$148	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$227	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.4	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7908	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6270	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.34	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$98.6	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.03	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.71	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.7	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.93	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.7	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.8	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.6	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.7	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1314	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9426	$575

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Cities near Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2402
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2443
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2902
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1955
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$2010
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1912
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1879
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2359
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1884
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$2205
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1484
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1703
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$2159
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2768
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1712
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1551
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1655
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1815
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1804
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1834
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1937
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1832
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1813
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1682
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2472
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1729
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1767
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$2023
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1802
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1680
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1873
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1883
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1840
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1652
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1839
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1723

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