Isfahan vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$211	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	26
😀 Quality of life	48	12
🏙️ Population	1.96M	2.12M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 26% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 8454th and 6832nd ($523 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 1st in Iran and Somalia, respectively. Check Iran vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 6375th and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Mogadishu

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	Isfahan	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$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	$257	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$879

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688

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