Hanoi vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hanoi	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$647	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1916	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$292	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$744	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.6	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$439	$352
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	71	26
😀 Quality of life	62	12
🏙️ Population	8.44M	2.12M

The cost of living in Hanoi is 9% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7236th and 6832nd ($647 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Vietnam and Somalia, respectively. Check Vietnam vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Hanoi compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Hanoi ranked 2nd best city to live in Vietnam vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 4848th and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanoi vs Mogadishu

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	Hanoi	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.94	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.4	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.47	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$221	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$826	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.9	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.2	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.01	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.39%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2965	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1710	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.82	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.48	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.42	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.57	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.38	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.79	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.15	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.9	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.9	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.44	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12394	$879

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Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$554
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$592
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$591
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$582
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$569
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$549
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$571
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$642
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1161
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$702
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$598
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$571
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$575
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$771
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$650
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1163
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$763
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$611
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$543
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$579
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$761
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$756
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$604
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$393

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$706
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$498
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$660
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$764
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$718
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$541
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$518
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$580
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$886
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$589
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$408
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$760
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$545
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$542
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$500
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$561
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$571
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$540
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$483
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$654
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$638
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$523
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$838
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$503
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$522
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$490
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$605
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$602
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$507
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$486
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$496
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1495
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$562
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$482
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$752