Manchester vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Manchester	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1998	$819
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4556	$2860
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$1870	$1255
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$67.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2742	$394
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	91	26
😀 Quality of life	91	16
🏙️ Population	548K	2.12M

The cost of living in Manchester is 144% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 1798th and 6317th ($1998 vs $819) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 57th 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 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Manchester ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 110th and 9088th 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	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$50.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.11	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.31	$1.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1274	$179
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$892	$75
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2104	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1386	$836
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$303	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$36.8	$51.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	7.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5073	$6395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$97.1	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$5.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.97	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.66	$5.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.7	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$5.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$0.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.75	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.12	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.9	$1.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.91	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.3	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.83	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.7	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$26.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86	$174
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$52
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.4	$17.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.2	$25.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1559	$64.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13845	$1047

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Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629

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