Hong Kong vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Hong Kong	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2730	$718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6759	$2038
🏠 One person rent	$1829	$254
🏘️ Family rent	$3854	$735
🍽️ Food expenses	$523	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$222	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3962	$387
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	100	26
😀 Quality of life	88	13
🏙️ Population	7.41M	2.12M

The cost of living in Hong Kong is 280% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 410th and 6827th ($2730 vs $718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in China and Somalia, respectively. Check China vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Hong Kong compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Hong Kong ranked 1st best city to live in China vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 209th and 9114th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hong Kong vs Mogadishu

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	Hong Kong	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.42	$3.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.9	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.09	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.42	$3.97
☕ Cappuccino	$5.44	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2228	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1510	$76.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4929	$1675
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3267	$216
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$151	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$231	$194
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.5	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.07%	7.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$28578	$6863
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$18855	$892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.54	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$62.8	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.38	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.51	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.01	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$26	$3.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$3.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$0.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.24	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.4	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.5	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.94	$2.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.7	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$95.2	$25
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59.7	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.9	$51.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.3	$61.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1046	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22481	$885

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Cities near Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2413
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$957
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$640
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1587
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$490
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$680
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$628
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$831
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$760
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$1015
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$603
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$828
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$801
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$809
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$840
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$901
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$727
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$853
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$592
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$795
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$821
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$782
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$772
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$772
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$781
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$816
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$780
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$742
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$794
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$713
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$729
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$811
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$670
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$725
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$823
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$539
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$624

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$712
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$502
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$684
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$671
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$626
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$536
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$526
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$666
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$560
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$815
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$569
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$481
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$743
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$596
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$553
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$494
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1106
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$547
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$582
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$553
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$460
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$589
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$545
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$676
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$733
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$813
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$516
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$483
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$583
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$580
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$513
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$641
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$503
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1555
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$512
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$490
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$800