Libreville vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Libreville	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1694	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$279	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$501	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.5	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$480	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	13	26
😀 Quality of life	40	12
🏙️ Population	797K	2.12M

The cost of living in Libreville is 6% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7071st and 6832nd ($668 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Gabon and Somalia, respectively. Check Gabon vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Libreville compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Libreville ranked 1st best city to live in Gabon vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 6902nd and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Libreville vs Mogadishu

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	Libreville	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.3	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.83	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$276	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$196	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$541	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$378	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.7	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.78%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1336	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.24	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.65	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.91	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.27	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.03	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.8	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.3	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$226	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5922	$879

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Cities near Libreville

Distance	City	Cost of living
144 km or 89 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
166 km or 103 mi	Bata	$1121
303 km or 188 mi	Sao Tome	$900
310 km or 193 mi	Trindade	$900
381 km or 237 mi	Malabo	$741
404 km or 251 mi	Limbe	$655
408 km or 253 mi	Douala	$1265
421 km or 261 mi	Buea	$601
449 km or 279 mi	Yaounde	$747
472 km or 293 mi	Kumba	$764
522 km or 325 mi	Calabar	$384
556 km or 346 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
574 km or 357 mi	Aba	$621
575 km or 357 mi	Bafoussam	$555
612 km or 380 mi	Umuahia	$883
621 km or 386 mi	Bamenda	$553
627 km or 390 mi	Owerri	$1611
635 km or 395 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
643 km or 400 mi	Gamboma	$522
662 km or 412 mi	Kayes	$523
680 km or 423 mi	Madingou	$519
698 km or 434 mi	Awka	$805
703 km or 437 mi	Warri	$881
707 km or 439 mi	Enugu	$462
707 km or 440 mi	Onitsha	$972
727 km or 452 mi	Cabinda	$676
785 km or 488 mi	Benin	$558
791 km or 491 mi	Kinkala	$520
800 km or 497 mi	Boma	$821
822 km or 511 mi	Matadi	$844
825 km or 512 mi	Berberati	$482
829 km or 515 mi	Brazzaville	$580
836 km or 520 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
869 km or 540 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
869 km or 540 mi	Owo	$651
896 km or 557 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
897 km or 557 mi	Akure	$634
928 km or 577 mi	N'zeto	$788
931 km or 578 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
951 km or 591 mi	Lagos	$1113

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