Hargeisa vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hargeisa	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1686	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$220	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$274	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.3	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$336	$3974
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	12	99
😀 Quality of life	22	96
🏙️ Population	1.23M	2.11M

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 71% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7179th and 916th ($712 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Somalia and France, respectively. Check Somalia vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Hargeisa compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Hargeisa ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 9073rd and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hargeisa vs Paris

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	Hargeisa	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.03	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.54	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$152	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$417	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$234	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.2	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7393	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.3	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.95	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.02	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.99	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.31	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.82	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$53.1	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.5	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$31.8	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$549	$17184

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Cities near Hargeisa

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Borama	$509
140 km or 87 mi	Jijiga	$1152
214 km or 133 mi	Harar	$1153
230 km or 143 mi	Ali Sabieh	$570
241 km or 149 mi	Dire Dawa	$1156
247 km or 153 mi	Djibouti City	$601
253 km or 157 mi	Dikhil	$572
280 km or 174 mi	Obock	$571
375 km or 233 mi	Aden	$526
446 km or 277 mi	Taiz	$514
490 km or 304 mi	Ibb	$504
515 km or 320 mi	Dessie	$1022
522 km or 324 mi	Zabid	$491
555 km or 345 mi	Dhamar	$494
587 km or 365 mi	Addis Ababa	$1269
595 km or 369 mi	Al Hudaydah	$515
624 km or 388 mi	Sayyan	$492
643 km or 400 mi	Sanaa	$551
663 km or 412 mi	Mekelle	$810
676 km or 420 mi	Awasa	$996
719 km or 446 mi	Baidoa	$743
763 km or 474 mi	Bahir Dar	$863
781 km or 485 mi	Mukalla	$493
795 km or 494 mi	Gondar	$1017
820 km or 510 mi	Sa'dah	$491
821 km or 510 mi	Mendefera	$498
822 km or 511 mi	Jimma	$775
838 km or 521 mi	Massawa	$497
849 km or 527 mi	Mogadishu	$724
850 km or 528 mi	Asmara	$531
881 km or 548 mi	Najran	$865
921 km or 572 mi	Keren	$498
977 km or 607 mi	Abha	$902
1058 km or 657 mi	Kassala	$931
1066 km or 662 mi	Bareq	$893
1067 km or 663 mi	El-Gadarif	$858
1089 km or 677 mi	Ad-Damazin	$771
1171 km or 728 mi	Bisha	$906
1222 km or 759 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
1274 km or 792 mi	Meru	$542

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544