Kuwait City vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kuwait City	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1454	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3423	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$741	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1291	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$401	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2360	$112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	43	25
😀 Quality of life	79	15
🏙️ Population	2.99M	2.12M

The cost of living in Kuwait City is 103% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 4115th and 7013th ($1454 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Kuwait and Somalia, respectively. Check Kuwait vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Kuwait City compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Kuwait City ranked 1st best city to live in Kuwait vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 884th and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kuwait City vs Mogadishu

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	Kuwait City	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.4	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.53	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.25	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$5.75	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.56	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$828	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$630	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1498	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1123	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.2	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.8	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8536	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.8	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44.2	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.36	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.94	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.27	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.92	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.33	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.52	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.31	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.01	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.6	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.01	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.7	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.2	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$308	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7065	$575

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Cities near Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$730
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$549
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$889
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$571
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$483
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$453
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$681
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$530
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$930
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$477
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$459
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$583
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$873
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$566
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$560
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$503
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$463
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$1008
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$630
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$908
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$474
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1237
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1230
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1201
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$553
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$555
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$570
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$540
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$530
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$508
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$470

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