Hefei vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hefei	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$625	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1708	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$205	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$991	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	93	26
😀 Quality of life	66	12
🏙️ Population	9.37M	2.12M

The cost of living in Hefei is 12% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7405th and 6832nd ($625 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 160th and 1st in China and Somalia, respectively. Check China vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Hefei compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Hefei ranked 31st best city to live in China vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 3963rd and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Mogadishu

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	Hefei	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.46	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.7	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.84	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.37	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$205	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$481	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$358	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.4	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.1	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.3	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2103	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.9	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.86	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.8	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.76	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.57	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.3	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.43	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.3	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$237	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8278	$879

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$706
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$498
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$660
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$764
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$718
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$541
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$518
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$580
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$886
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$589
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$408
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$760
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$545
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$542
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$500
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$561
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$571
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$540
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$483
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$654
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$638
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$523
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$838
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$503
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$522
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$490
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$605
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$602
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$507
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$486
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$496
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1495
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$562
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$482
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$752