Karaj vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Karaj	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$736	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1758	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$387	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$633	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$204	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.7	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$245	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	76	26
😀 Quality of life	55	12
🏙️ Population	1.59M	2.12M

The cost of living in Karaj is 3% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 6734th and 6832nd ($736 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Iran and Somalia, respectively. Check Iran vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Karaj compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Karaj ranked 2nd best city to live in Iran vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 5911th and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Karaj vs Mogadishu

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	Karaj	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.99	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.01	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.6	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.1	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$293	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$392	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$882	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$547	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.55	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.2	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$5.95	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.34%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1254	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$628	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.56	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.1	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.76	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.47	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.51	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.5	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.5	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$116	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$130	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$823	$879

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Cities near Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$688
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$684
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$698
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$693
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$698
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$645
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$788
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$714
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$681
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$680
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$665
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$651
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$618
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$574
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$488
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$557
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$458
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$552
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$534
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$658
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$562
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$580
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$455
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$466
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$443
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$469
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$505
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$685
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$554

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