Lahore vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lahore	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$427	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1000	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$175	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$282	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$148	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.7	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$112
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	69	25
😀 Quality of life	48	15
🏙️ Population	11.1M	2.12M

The cost of living in Lahore is 40% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 8922nd and 7013th ($427 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in Pakistan and Somalia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lahore compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Lahore ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 6783rd and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lahore vs Mogadishu

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	Lahore	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.14	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.7	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.26	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.2	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.49	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$71.3	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$192	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$131	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.49%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$622	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$525	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.24	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.15	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.33	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.7	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.71	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.51	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.91	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.04	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.27	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.82	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.1	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.25	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.9	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.44	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.1	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.6	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$36.7	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1207	$575

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Cities near Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$380
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$316
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$302
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$363
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$311
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$320
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$291
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$337
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$303
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$333
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$372
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$284
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$350
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$421
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$351
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$376
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$277
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$294
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$347
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$357
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$373
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$443
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$362
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$270
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$340
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$344
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$265
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$262
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$403
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$330
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$285
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$364
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$248
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$354
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$388
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$334

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