Kathmandu vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kathmandu	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$419	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1077	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$131	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$352
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	28	26
😀 Quality of life	46	12
🏙️ Population	846K	2.12M

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 41% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 8918th and 6832nd ($419 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Nepal and Somalia, respectively. Check Nepal vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kathmandu compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 6495th and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Mogadishu

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	Kathmandu	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.44	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.47	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.7	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$173	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.58	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.88%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.24	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.53	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.22	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3409	$879

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361

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