Islamabad vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Islamabad	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1170	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$199	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$457	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$156	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$34.9	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$261	$352
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	69	26
😀 Quality of life	49	12
🏙️ Population	1.01M	2.12M

The cost of living in Islamabad is 38% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 8870th and 6832nd ($442 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Pakistan and Somalia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Islamabad compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Islamabad ranked 2nd best city to live in Pakistan vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 6313th and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Islamabad vs Mogadishu

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	Islamabad	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.13	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.7	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.22	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$173	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$94.4	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$514	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$283	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.9	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.9	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.86%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1142	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$682	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.78	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.25	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.39	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.27	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.8	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.56	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.59	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.13	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.9	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.59	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.1	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.2	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.31	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.71	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$19.4	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.1	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.6	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2961	$879

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Cities near Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$382
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$366
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$273
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$346
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$379
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$373
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$458
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$380
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$281
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$287
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$308
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$389
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$321
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$303
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$306
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$411
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$292
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$342
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$383
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$305
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$355
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$366
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$300
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$386
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$358
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$474
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$361
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$356
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$441
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$392
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$389
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$369

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