Dushanbe vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dushanbe	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1759	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$316	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$549	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$36.1	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$140	$112
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	35	25
😀 Quality of life	42	15
🏙️ Population	863K	2.12M

The cost of living in Dushanbe is 0.4% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7031st and 7013th ($712 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Dushanbe ranked 1st best city to live in Tajikistan vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 7474th and 9189th 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	$5.97	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.2	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.96	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.08	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$402	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$229	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$413	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.4	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.9	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	25.66%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$658	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.8	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.69	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.25	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.92	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.34	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.96	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.46	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.8	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.1	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.5	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$108	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7848	$575

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Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$674
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$658
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$475
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$600
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$650
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$603
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$428
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$620
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$626
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$512
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$844
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$648
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$754
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$432
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$562
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$451
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$433
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$525
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$458
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$354
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$615
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$480
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$351
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$468
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$401
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$396
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$334
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$354
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$393

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