Hengyang vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hengyang	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$590	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1492	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$216	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$311	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$215	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.7	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$729	$352
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	44	26
😀 Quality of life	43	12
🏙️ Population	6.65M	2.12M

The cost of living in Hengyang is 17% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7767th and 6832nd ($590 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 276th and 1st in China and Somalia, respectively. Check China vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Hengyang compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Hengyang ranked 140th best city to live in China vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 6669th and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hengyang vs Mogadishu

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	Hengyang	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.64	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.19	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.34	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.33	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$517	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$199	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.4	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.82%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3292	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3135	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.36	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.71	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.76	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.58	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.21	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.69	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.34	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.9	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.23	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.4	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.3	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$307	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8454	$879

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Cities near Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$579
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$609
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$582
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$592
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$553
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$724
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$577
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$577
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$570
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$586
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$590
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$755
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$600
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$480
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$761
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$579
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$596
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$522
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$758
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$569
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$533
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$549
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$539
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$591
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$573
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$794
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$635
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$556
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$506
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$585
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600

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