Hargeisa vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hargeisa	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$660	$419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1623	$1077
🏠 One person rent	$217	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$423	$240
🍽️ Food expenses	$265	$181
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.2	$62.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$403	$238
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	11	28
😀 Quality of life	8	46
🏙️ Population	760K	846K

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 57% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 7141st and 8918th ($660 vs $419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Somalia and Nepal, respectively. Check Somalia vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Hargeisa compared to 0.6 months in Kathmandu. Hargeisa ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 9243rd and 6495th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hargeisa vs Kathmandu

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	Hargeisa	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$1.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.45	$6.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10	$2.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.17	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$162
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$84.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$252	$173
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.4	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$32.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$9.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.13%	12.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3745	$2191
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8448	$1059
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.7	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$8.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.95	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$5.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.98	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.01	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$2.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$3.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$59.7	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$23.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.9	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$85.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$603	$3409

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Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$518
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$764
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$718
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$571
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$542
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$540
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$503
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$507
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$496
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$838
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$482
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$486
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$481
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$546
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$662
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$886
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$706
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$484
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$897
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$482
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$487
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$654
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$486
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$711
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$520
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$937
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$488
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$910
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$1006
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$902
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$905
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$541

Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361