Hargeisa vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Hargeisa	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$712	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1686	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$220	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$338	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$274	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.3	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$336	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	12	8
😀 Quality of life	22	48
🏙️ Population	1.23M	24.7K

The cost of living in Hargeisa is 57% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7179th and 3471st ($712 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Somalia and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Somalia vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Hargeisa compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Hargeisa ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 9073rd and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hargeisa vs Victoria

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	Hargeisa	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.03	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.54	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.92	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.94	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$236	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$152	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$417	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$234	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.2	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.82%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3750	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7393	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.3	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.2	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.14	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.95	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.51	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.02	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.99	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.31	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.82	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$53.1	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.5	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.5	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$31.8	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$549	$8971

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419