Foshan vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Foshan	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$611	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1821	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$208	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$440	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.5	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$754	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	95	26
😀 Quality of life	70	12
🏙️ Population	9.5M	2.12M

The cost of living in Foshan is 14% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7543rd and 6832nd ($611 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 199th and 1st in China and Somalia, respectively. Check China vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Foshan compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Foshan ranked 13th best city to live in China vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 2601st and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Foshan vs Mogadishu

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	Foshan	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.11	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.12	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$570	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.7	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.5	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4361	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1806	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.55	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.86	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.9	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.77	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$411	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18096	$879

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Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$706
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$498
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$660
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$764
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$718
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$541
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$518
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$580
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$886
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$589
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$408
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$760
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$545
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$542
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$500
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$561
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$571
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$540
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$483
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$654
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$638
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$523
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$838
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$503
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$522
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$490
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$605
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$602
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$507
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$486
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$496
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1495
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$562
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$482
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$752