Giza vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Giza	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$323	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$846	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$86.6	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$161	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$158	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$25	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$145	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	83	26
😀 Quality of life	56	13
🏙️ Population	5.6M	2.12M

The cost of living in Giza is 55% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 9177th and 6821st ($323 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 1st in Egypt and Somalia, respectively. Check Egypt vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Giza compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Giza ranked 2nd best city to live in Egypt vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 5699th and 9110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Giza vs Mogadishu

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	Giza	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.7	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.1	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$1.41	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.7	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$241	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$112	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.12	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.65	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.76%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$793	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$338	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$2.07	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.68	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.26	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.49	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.01	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.12	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.5	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.18	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.85	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.66	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.66	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.53	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.08	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.9	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.07	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.9	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.1	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$67.1	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1758	$890

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Cities near Giza

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Cairo	$424
14 km or 8.4 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$374
22 km or 14 mi	Helwan	$345
50 km or 31 mi	Benha	$335
63 km or 39 mi	Shibin El Kom	$323
68 km or 42 mi	Zagazig	$327
87 km or 54 mi	Faiyum	$339
88 km or 55 mi	Tanta	$315
106 km or 66 mi	Beni Suef	$334
106 km or 66 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$331
117 km or 73 mi	Mansoura	$306
120 km or 74 mi	Ismailia	$310
128 km or 79 mi	Suez	$303
136 km or 84 mi	Damanhur	$308
163 km or 101 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$299
167 km or 104 mi	Damietta	$291
172 km or 107 mi	Port Said	$282
181 km or 113 mi	Alexandria	$310
219 km or 136 mi	Minya	$357
314 km or 195 mi	Asyut	$306
352 km or 219 mi	Gaza	$609
355 km or 221 mi	Ofakim	$1607
358 km or 223 mi	Netivot	$1713
361 km or 225 mi	Dahab	$393
365 km or 227 mi	Eilat	$1536
365 km or 227 mi	Sderot	$1727
370 km or 230 mi	Ashkelon	$1671
370 km or 230 mi	Aqaba	$694
370 km or 230 mi	Beersheba	$1372
372 km or 231 mi	Rahat	$1632
378 km or 235 mi	El Gouna	$294
383 km or 238 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$499
384 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
384 km or 238 mi	Ashdod	$1775
384 km or 239 mi	Dimona	$1657
386 km or 240 mi	Sohag	$350
388 km or 241 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
395 km or 246 mi	Yavne	$1815
398 km or 247 mi	Hurghada	$278
401 km or 249 mi	Dura	$847

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