Isfahan vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Isfahan	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$588	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1720	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$271	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$736	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$175	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.6	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	66	26
😀 Quality of life	47	13
🏙️ Population	1.96M	2.12M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 18% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7921st and 6821st ($588 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 40th and 1st in Iran and Somalia, respectively. Check Iran vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 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 6374th and 9110th 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	$3.8	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$0.85	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.36	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$331	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$233	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$902	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.42	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$12.8	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.38%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1202	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$621	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.83	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.15	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.05	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.14	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.98	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.88	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.11	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$16	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.48	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$16.5	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$114	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$20	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.1	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$559	$890

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$545
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$527
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$575
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$490
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$489
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$472
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$462
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$518
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$507
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$577
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$559
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$542
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$673
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$513
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$588
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$693
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$583
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$689
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$588
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$690
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$470
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$559
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$716
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$546
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$706
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$720
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$537
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$708
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$797
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$701
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$675
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$696
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$706
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$558
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$699

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$711
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	$535
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$527
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$560
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$810
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$571
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$482
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$745
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$601
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$493
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$548
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$584
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$553
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$460
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$590
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$543
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$675
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$814
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$518
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$483
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$583
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$581
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$639
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1552
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$511
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$489
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$799