Hargeisa vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hargeisa	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$660	$756
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1623	$2050
🏠 One person rent	$217	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$423	$794
🍽️ Food expenses	$265	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.2	$68.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$403	$971
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	11	29
😀 Quality of life	8	44
🏙️ Population	760K	6.17M

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 13% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 7141st and 6647th ($660 vs $756) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 39th in Somalia and China, respectively. Check Somalia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Hargeisa compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Hargeisa ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Maoming ranked 136th in China, while ranked 9243rd and 6657th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hargeisa vs Maoming

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	Hargeisa	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.45	$3.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.17	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$477
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$343
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$967
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$252	$684
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.4	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$41.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.13%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3745	$6271
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8448	$3451
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.7	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$2.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.95	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$5.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.98	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.01	$3.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$6.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$6.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$31.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$59.7	$9.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.9	$68.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$476
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$603	$17434

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$761
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$877
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$771
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$823
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$642
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$650
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$812
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$803
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$702
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$592
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$804
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$461
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1588
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$653
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$774
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$549
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$758
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$794
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$656
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$579
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$916
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2432
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$564
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$755
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$569
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$601
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$582
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$522
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$763
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$575
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$591
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$764
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$936