Kaohsiung vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1002	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2658	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$370	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$420	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.9	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1313	$112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	80	25
😀 Quality of life	85	15
🏙️ Population	2.73M	2.12M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 40% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 5567th and 7013th ($1002 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Taiwan and Somalia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Kaohsiung ranked 5th best city to live in Taiwan vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 461st and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Mogadishu

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	Kaohsiung	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.91	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.7	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.18	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.03	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$418	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$263	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$480	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.5	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.4	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.5	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.46%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4822	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3194	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.7	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.56	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.66	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.26	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.93	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.15	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.7	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.56	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.12	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.39	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.23	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.72	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.2	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.6	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.5	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12260	$575

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$894
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$854
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$914
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$894
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$894
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$914
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$1006
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$695
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$993
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$868
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$802
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$901
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1135
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$615
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$707
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$621
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1030
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$634
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$589
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$454
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$628
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$451
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$579
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$697
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$628
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$669
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$616
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$671
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$941
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$700
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$415
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$766
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$753
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$608
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$600

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$724
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$548
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$694
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$1169
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$1175
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$549
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$502
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$596
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$1031
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$460
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$420
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$811
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$552
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$559
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$503
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$533
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$586
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$560
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$528
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$802
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$612
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$567
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$1039
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$517
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$543
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$511
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$654
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$623
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$522
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$421
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$512
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1585
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$582
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$499
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$864