Kaohsiung vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$361	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	80	26
😀 Quality of life	83	12
🏙️ Population	2.73M	2.12M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 34% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 5750th and 6832nd ($956 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st 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 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 417th and 9139th 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	$3.82	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$879

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601

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