Dushanbe vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dushanbe	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$672	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1801	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$290	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$532	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.9	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$155	$391
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	35	26
😀 Quality of life	36	13
🏙️ Population	863K	2.12M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 7% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7107th and 6821st ($672 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Tajikistan and Somalia, respectively. Check Tajikistan vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Dushanbe compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 7353rd and 9110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dushanbe vs Mogadishu

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	Dushanbe	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.63	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.9	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$370	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.1	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.92%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$862	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$532	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.69	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.2	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.04	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.35	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.3	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$119	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.22	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.8	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13630	$890

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441

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