Male vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Male	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1320	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2817	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$818	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$1403	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$368	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.1	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$988	$112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	25
😀 Quality of life	66	15
🏙️ Population	133K	2.12M

The cost of living in Male is 85% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 4439th and 7013th ($1320 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Maldives and Somalia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Male compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 5057th and 9189th 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	$5.55	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.4	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.82	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.45	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$870	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$609	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1116	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2585	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1897	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.5	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.59	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.78	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.15	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.98	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.97	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.87	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.39	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.83	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.18	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.1	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.82	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23.2	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.39	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.7	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.5	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3575	$575

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327

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