Manchester vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Manchester	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2265	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5312	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$1378	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2219	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3266	$112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	91	25
😀 Quality of life	93	15
🏙️ Population	548K	2.12M

The cost of living in Manchester is 217% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 1330th and 7013th ($2265 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 39th and 2nd 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 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Manchester ranked 10th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 107th and 9189th 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	$17.3	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.5	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.26	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$4.82	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.57	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1608	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1050	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2460	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1770	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$271	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.4	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.06%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5680	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3963	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.66	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$120	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.8	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.96	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.56	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.62	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.7	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.42	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$17.7	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$89.9	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.1	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.7	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1945	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20873	$575

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$2034
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1921
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$2001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1968
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1803
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1698
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1918
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1759
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1788
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$2040
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$2011
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1723
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1828
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1680
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1873
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1866
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1883
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1513
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1834
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1968
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1887
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1783
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1578
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1652
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1822
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1746
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1833
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1897
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1850
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1832
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1507
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1937
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1890
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$2023
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1834
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1831
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1804

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