Male vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$819
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$2860
🏠 One person rent	$835	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$1255
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$67.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	7	26
😀 Quality of life	63	16
🏙️ Population	133K	2.12M

The cost of living in Male is 57% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 4218th and 6317th ($1284 vs $819) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Maldives and Somalia, respectively. Check Maldives vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 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 4858th and 9088th 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	$25.9	$50.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$1.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$179
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$75
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$836
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$51.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	7.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$6395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$5.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$5.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$5.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$1.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$26.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$174
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$52
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$17.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$25.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$64.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$1047

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$805
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$452
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$815
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$702
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$676
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$486
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$602
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$705
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$493
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$840
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$530
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$524
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$646
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$622
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$524
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$524
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$439
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$923
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$536
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$551
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$522
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$405
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$871
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$571
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$706
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$820
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$486
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$441
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$424
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$557
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$557
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$490
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$600
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$481
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1608
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$542
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$466
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$883