Hargeisa vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hargeisa	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$660	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1623	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$217	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$423	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$265	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.2	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$403	$522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	11	46
😀 Quality of life	8	55
🏙️ Population	760K	2.96M

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 23% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 7141st and 6253rd ($660 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Somalia and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Somalia vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Hargeisa compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Hargeisa ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 9243rd and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hargeisa vs Tashkent

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	Hargeisa	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.45	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.17	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$252	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.4	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.4	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.13%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3745	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8448	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.7	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.95	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.3	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.98	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.01	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.37	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.75	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$59.7	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.9	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$603	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785