Hanover vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hanover	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1828	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4562	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$891	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1525	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$580	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$182	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2914	$112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	82	25
😀 Quality of life	93	15
🏙️ Population	548K	2.12M

The cost of living in Hanover is 156% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 2626th and 7013th ($1828 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 89th and 2nd in Germany and Somalia, respectively. Check Germany vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hanover compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Hanover ranked 14th best city to live in Germany vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 112th and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hanover vs Mogadishu

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	Hanover	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.22	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$932	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1515	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1248	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4748	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3144	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.8	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$33.6	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.58	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.9	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.9	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.6	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.1	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.9	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$475	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$29738	$575

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Cities near Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1691
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1688
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1676
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1683
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1679
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1643
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1641
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1633
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1618
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1644
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1652
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1637
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1647
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1619
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1562
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1536
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1605
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1580
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1602
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1511
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1593
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1548
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1534
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1589
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1507
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1527
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1547
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1515
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1587
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1582
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1561
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1585
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1563
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1585
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1556
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1413
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1570
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1563
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1564
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1565

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