Dushanbe vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dushanbe	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$819
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1683	$2860
🏠 One person rent	$276	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$473	$1255
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$25.2	$67.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$154	$394
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	35	26
😀 Quality of life	40	16
🏙️ Population	863K	2.12M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 22% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7313th and 6317th ($638 vs $819) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th 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 7225th and 9088th 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	$4.75	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.1	$50.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.17	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$1.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$352	$179
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$75
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$344	$836
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.1	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.2	$51.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.13%	7.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$857	$6395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$488	$823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.53	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.09	$5.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.35	$5.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.64	$5.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$0.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.34	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.18	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$1.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.81	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.58	$26.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$117	$174
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.13	$52
👖 Brand Jeans	$31.9	$17.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61	$25.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94	$64.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13332	$1047

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$647
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$672
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$473
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$562
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$680
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$682
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$692
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$445
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$682
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$674
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$416
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$785
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$488
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$479
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$416
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$446
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$558
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$434
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$399
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$475
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$651
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$515
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$567
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$347
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$529
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$479
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$582
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$311
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$564
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$449
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$455
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$352
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$335
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$423

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$805
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$452
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$815
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$702
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$676
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$486
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$602
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$705
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$493
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$840
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$530
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$524
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$646
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$622
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$524
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$524
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$439
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$923
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$536
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$551
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$522
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$405
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$871
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$571
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$706
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$820
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$486
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$441
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$424
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$557
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$557
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$490
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$600
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$481
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1608
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$542
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$466
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$883