Kazan vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kazan	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2109	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$458	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$809	$112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	54	25
😀 Quality of life	65	15
🏙️ Population	1.33M	2.12M

The cost of living in Kazan is 21% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 6377th and 7013th ($868 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 2nd in Russia and Somalia, respectively. Check Russia vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 5213th and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Mogadishu

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	Kazan	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.32	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.9	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$619	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.3	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3331	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2289	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.5	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.37	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.06	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.56	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$65	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14288	$575

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917

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