Hargeisa vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hargeisa	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$660	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1623	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$217	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$423	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$265	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.2	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$403	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	11	96
😀 Quality of life	8	74
🏙️ Population	760K	13.1M

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 47% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7141st and 4359th ($660 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Somalia and Russia, respectively. Check Somalia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Hargeisa compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Hargeisa ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 9243rd and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hargeisa vs Moscow

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	Hargeisa	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.45	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.17	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$252	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.4	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.13%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3745	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8448	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.7	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.95	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.98	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.01	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$59.7	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.9	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$603	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592