Johannesburg vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$487	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	72	26
😀 Quality of life	58	13
🏙️ Population	4.43M	2.12M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 50% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 5069th and 6821st ($1079 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in South Africa and Somalia, respectively. Check South Africa vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 5446th and 9110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Mogadishu

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	Johannesburg	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$890

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$997
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$874
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$971
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$822
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$696
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$838
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$909
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$717
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$848
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$943
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$819
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$841
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$774
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$809
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$692
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$718
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$690
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$623
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$791
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$654
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$459
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$627
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$663
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$581
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$554
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$859
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$1003
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$600
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1116
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$834
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$585
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045

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