Hargeisa vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hargeisa	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$660	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1623	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$217	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$423	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$265	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.2	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$403	$1362
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	11	73
😀 Quality of life	8	81
🏙️ Population	760K	1.87M

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 19% less expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 7141st and 6380th ($660 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 10th in Somalia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Somalia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Hargeisa compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Hargeisa ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 9243rd and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hargeisa vs Tainan

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	Hargeisa	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.45	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.17	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$252	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.4	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.13%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3745	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8448	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.7	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.95	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.98	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.01	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$59.7	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.9	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$603	$6108

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$747
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$770
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$788
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$796
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$813
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$894
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$728
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$897
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$821
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$875
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$823
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$731
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1073
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$627
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1181
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$644
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$967
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$625
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$669
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$581
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$451
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$443
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$649
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$569
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$648
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$655
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$603
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$630
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$936
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$681
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$726
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$764
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$601
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$601
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$682