Jakarta vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jakarta	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$701	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$343	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$832	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.1	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$548	$352
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	80	26
😀 Quality of life	65	12
🏙️ Population	10.6M	2.12M

The cost of living in Jakarta is 1% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 6882nd and 6832nd ($701 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Indonesia and Somalia, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Jakarta compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Jakarta ranked 1st best city to live in Indonesia vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 4292nd and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jakarta vs Mogadishu

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	Jakarta	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.68	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.2	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.39	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$369	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$220	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1133	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$594	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.9	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.57%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1724	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$799	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.21	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12.2	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.59	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.85	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.04	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.76	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.63	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.48	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.38	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.74	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.18	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.6	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8860	$879

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Cities near Jakarta

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	South Tangerang	$536
17 km or 11 mi	Bekasi	$518
20 km or 12 mi	Depok	$385
24 km or 15 mi	Tangerang	$558
43 km or 27 mi	Bogor	$513
78 km or 48 mi	Serang	$492
79 km or 49 mi	Sukabumi	$563
95 km or 59 mi	Cilegon	$488
106 km or 66 mi	Cimahi	$500
114 km or 71 mi	Bandung	$545
195 km or 121 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
196 km or 122 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
198 km or 123 mi	Cirebon	$521
210 km or 131 mi	Metro	$432
226 km or 141 mi	Banjar	$490
263 km or 163 mi	Tegal	$480
292 km or 182 mi	Cilacap	$474
321 km or 200 mi	Pekalongan	$471
403 km or 251 mi	Semarang	$493
423 km or 263 mi	Salatiga	$421
423 km or 263 mi	Prabumulih	$417
427 km or 265 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
427 km or 265 mi	Palembang	$395
463 km or 288 mi	Surakarta	$417
467 km or 290 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
540 km or 335 mi	Madiun	$486
548 km or 340 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
575 km or 357 mi	Bengkulu	$500
597 km or 371 mi	Kediri	$464
622 km or 386 mi	Blitar	$453
627 km or 390 mi	Jambi	$458
633 km or 393 mi	Mojokerto	$505
653 km or 406 mi	Batu	$410
661 km or 411 mi	Surabaya	$549
667 km or 414 mi	Malang	$365
688 km or 427 mi	Pasuruan	$510
724 km or 450 mi	Probolinggo	$614
742 km or 461 mi	Pontianak	$427
826 km or 513 mi	Singkawang	$430
836 km or 520 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506

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