Male vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Male	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1304	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3010	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$814	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$1624	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$42	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1263	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	26
😀 Quality of life	62	12
🏙️ Population	133K	2.12M

The cost of living in Male is 83% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 4205th and 6832nd ($1304 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Maldives and Somalia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Male compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 4917th and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Mogadishu

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	Male	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.15	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$824	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1648	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1401	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.6	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$77.4	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.65%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2651	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2231	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.8	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.7	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.95	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.82	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.7	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.79	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.71	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.83	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.32	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.9	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.87	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.33	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$163	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3201	$879

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1651
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$333
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$287
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$244
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$273
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$306
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$383
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$346
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$580
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$631
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$294
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$498
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$467
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$429
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$502
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$306
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$310
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$325
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$316
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$339
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$425
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$344
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$582
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$300
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$295
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$314
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$302
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$311
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$304
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$412
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$546
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$280
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$533
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$351
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$342
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$360

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