Glasgow vs Hargeisa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Hargeisa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$1686
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$220
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$83.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$336
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	93	12
😀 Quality of life	94	22
🏙️ Population	626K	1.23M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 198% more expensive than in Hargeisa. Cities ranked 1712th and 7179th ($2121 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 3rd in the United Kingdom and Somalia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Glasgow compared to 0.5 months in Hargeisa. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Hargeisa ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 42nd and 9073rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Hargeisa

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	Glasgow	Hargeisa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$5.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$3.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$236
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$152
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$417
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$234
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$47.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$20.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	19.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$3750
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$7393
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$30.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$3.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$3.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$5.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$4.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$3.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$0.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$2.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$53.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$22.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$26.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$31.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$549

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1906
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1854
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1645
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1852
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1707
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1862
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1588
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2331
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1656
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1490
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1585
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1655
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1496
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1954
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2053
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1945
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2265
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1975
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1827
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1784
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1784
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1540
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1964
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1573
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1620
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1873
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1819
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1430

Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$509
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$1152
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$1153
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$570
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$1156
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$601
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$572
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$571
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$526
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$514
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$504
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$1022
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$491
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$494
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1269
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$515
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$492
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$551
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$810
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$996
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$743
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$863
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$493
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$1017
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$491
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$498
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$775
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$497
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$724
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$531
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$865
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$498
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$902
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$931
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$893
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$858
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$771
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$906
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$542