Luxembourg City vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2776	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6075	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$1866	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$3059	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$658	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	29	25
😀 Quality of life	89	15
🏙️ Population	136K	2.12M

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 288% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 433rd and 7013th ($2776 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Luxembourg and Somalia, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Luxembourg City compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 279th and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Mogadishu

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	Luxembourg City	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$82.4	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.64	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.66	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.22	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1856	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1583	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3349	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2590	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.1	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.47%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12143	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8764	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.64	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$41.6	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.8	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.93	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.91	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25.1	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.27	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.8	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.34	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.3	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.65	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.5	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.6	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$59	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$32.9	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.2	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16342	$575

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Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2515
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2564
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2439
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2361
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1809
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1646
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1725
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1463
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1457
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1526
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1451
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1479
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1476
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1482
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1479
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1676
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1561
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1484
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1484
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1664
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1478
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1538
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1324
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1664
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1644
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1624
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1599
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1689
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1619
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1695
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1633
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1674
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1662
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1691
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1777
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1580
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1599
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1668
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1689

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