Manchester vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Manchester	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5153	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$1275	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$2202	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$186	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3299	$391
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	91	26
😀 Quality of life	92	13
🏙️ Population	548K	2.12M

The cost of living in Manchester is 197% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 1500th and 6821st ($2137 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd and 1st in the United Kingdom and Somalia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Manchester compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Manchester ranked 8th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 76th and 9110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Mogadishu

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	Manchester	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.6	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.6	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.48	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.55	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.84	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1425	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$953	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2281	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$296	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.3	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.95%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5337	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3610	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.64	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$112	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.99	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.67	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.86	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.02	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.7	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.46	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.6	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$91.8	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1753	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17390	$890

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1936
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1877
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1910
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1894
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1793
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1722
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1849
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1592
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1776
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1852
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1802
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2069
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1659
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1752
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1529
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1824
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1860
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1844
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1493
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1761
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$2098
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1898
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1780
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1552
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1585
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1776
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1670
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1788
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1853
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1804
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1789
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1712
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1449
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1889
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1809
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1614
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1957
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1784
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1797
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1761

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