Glasgow vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	94	25
😀 Quality of life	95	15
🏙️ Population	626K	2.12M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 188% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 1833rd and 7013th ($2058 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th 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 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 52nd and 9189th 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	$19.9	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$575

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

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