Gothenburg vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gothenburg	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1879	$721
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4293	$1675
🏠 One person rent	$949	$267
🏘️ Family rent	$1652	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$64.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3784	$122
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	46	27
😀 Quality of life	92	22
🏙️ Population	675K	2.12M

The cost of living in Gothenburg is 161% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 2470th and 7156th ($1879 vs $721) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Sweden and Somalia, respectively. Check Sweden vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Gothenburg compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Gothenburg ranked 2nd best city to live in Sweden vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 91st and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gothenburg vs Mogadishu

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	Gothenburg	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$89	$57.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.93	$3.42
☕ Cappuccino	$5.01	$1.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$950	$164
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$821	$70
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1735	$302
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1459	$127
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$111
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$171
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36	$67
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.33%	9.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6539	$4145
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3629	$6374
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.93	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.3	$19.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$5.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.89	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$1.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$5.04
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$3.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$4.53
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$3.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.4	$1.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$3.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.02	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$1.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.93	$1.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.2	$26.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.6	$14.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.1	$14.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96	$25
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$57.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4650	$629

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Cities near Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1723
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1544
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1441
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1358
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1574
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1424
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1578
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1490
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1483
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1503
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1877
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1429
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1479
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1855
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1478
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1638
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$2401
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$2018
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$2053
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1535
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1504
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1464
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$2029
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$2157
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$2220
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1447
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$2135
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$2195
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$2071
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1423
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1723
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1980
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1481
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$2084
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$2002
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1993
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2334
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1984
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1423

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$745
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$563
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$682
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$1045
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$1050
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$543
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$521
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$611
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$910
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$448
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$415
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$807
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$533
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$563
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$532
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$540
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$590
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$564
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$513
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$746
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$618
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$546
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$931
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$549
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$524
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$624
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$603
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$497
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$417
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$488
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1637
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$573
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$476
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$800