Lusaka vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lusaka	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$685	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1880	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$250	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$606	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$245	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$332	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	36	26
😀 Quality of life	48	13
🏙️ Population	2.47M	2.12M

The cost of living in Lusaka is 5% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7016th and 6821st ($685 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Zambia and Somalia, respectively. Check Zambia vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Lusaka compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Lusaka ranked 1st best city to live in Zambia vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 6308th and 9110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lusaka vs Mogadishu

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	Lusaka	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.96	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.8	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.84	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.22	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$191	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$881	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.2	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.7	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.22%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1988	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4865	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.56	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.1	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.3	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.76	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.99	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.21	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.63	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.65	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.3	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.27	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.15	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.1	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.5	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.8	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.6	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.8	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$176	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5845	$890

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Cities near Lusaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
166 km or 103 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
209 km or 130 mi	Choma	$725
275 km or 171 mi	Ndola	$1139
289 km or 179 mi	Kitwe	$1116
297 km or 184 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
318 km or 198 mi	Mufulira	$1090
322 km or 200 mi	Chingola	$1028
370 km or 230 mi	Kadoma	$729
373 km or 232 mi	Livingstone	$670
399 km or 248 mi	Harare	$1012
411 km or 255 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
426 km or 265 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
429 km or 267 mi	Kwekwe	$731
464 km or 288 mi	Marondera	$810
475 km or 295 mi	Mansa	$1017
478 km or 297 mi	Gweru	$761
521 km or 324 mi	Likasi	$939
529 km or 329 mi	Bulawayo	$756
574 km or 356 mi	Tete	$834
584 km or 363 mi	Masvingo	$871
605 km or 376 mi	Kolwezi	$947
611 km or 380 mi	Mutare	$662
613 km or 381 mi	Lilongwe	$582
645 km or 401 mi	Francistown	$585
658 km or 409 mi	Kasama	$1079
686 km or 426 mi	Chimoio	$953
688 km or 428 mi	Ntcheu	$515
694 km or 431 mi	Mzimba	$574
721 km or 448 mi	Blantyre	$591
729 km or 453 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
756 km or 470 mi	Zomba	$498
757 km or 471 mi	Mangochi	$516
762 km or 474 mi	Mzuzu	$534
775 km or 482 mi	Mulanje	$500
792 km or 492 mi	Serowe	$600
802 km or 499 mi	Palapye	$554
852 km or 529 mi	Beira	$1000
869 km or 540 mi	Mahalapye	$663
917 km or 570 mi	Mbeya	$433
956 km or 594 mi	Quelimane	$670

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$711
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$502
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$684
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$671
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$626
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$535
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$527
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$560
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$810
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$571
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$482
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$745
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$601
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$493
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$548
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$584
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$553
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$460
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$590
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$543
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$675
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$814
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$518
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$483
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$583
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$581
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$639
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1552
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$511
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$489
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$799