Glasgow vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Glasgow	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$724
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5025	$1682
🏠 One person rent	$1212	$264
🏘️ Family rent	$2121	$397
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$70.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$94.6
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	93	27
😀 Quality of life	94	19
🏙️ Population	626K	2.12M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 193% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 1712th and 7125th ($2121 vs $724) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 93rd and 2nd 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 0.1 months in Mogadishu. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 42nd and 9150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Mogadishu

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	Glasgow	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23	$3.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$52.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.57	$4.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.91	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1242	$143
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$896	$79.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$262
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1636	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$322	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.2	$67.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.74%	8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4206	$4814
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3169	$7574
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.14	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$96.1	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$5.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$4.53
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$3.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.11	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.6	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$3.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$2.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.06	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.4	$25.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$87	$15.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$52.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$26.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$963	$50.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20961	$571

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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 Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$743
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$553
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$712
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$1152
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$1153
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$542
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$509
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$1156
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$604
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$996
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$455
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$419
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$797
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$544
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$570
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$572
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$508
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1269
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$523
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$601
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$571
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$520
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$775
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$602
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$551
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$1022
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$526
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$533
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$505
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$651
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$624
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$408
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1646
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$593
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$491
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$863