Maoming vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Maoming	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$773	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1981	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$415	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$718	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$205	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$73.3	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$976	$112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	39 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	29	25
😀 Quality of life	49	15
🏙️ Population	6.17M	2.12M

The cost of living in Maoming is 8% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 6772nd and 7013th ($773 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 30th and 2nd in China and Somalia, respectively. Check China vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Maoming compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Maoming ranked 141st best city to live in China vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 6717th and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maoming vs Mogadishu

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	Maoming	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.12	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.9	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.89	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.1	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$480	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$847	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$619	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.1	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.2	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.61%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4664	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2843	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.8	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.55	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.86	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.28	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.64	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.83	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.64	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.75	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.04	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.7	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.96	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.2	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.78	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.5	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.6	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$424	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16634	$575

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Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$780
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$892
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$726
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$816
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$652
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$677
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$827
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$809
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$693
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$590
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$829
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$518
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$589
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1746
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$662
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$758
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$552
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$766
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$777
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$662
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$574
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$878
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2414
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$568
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$765
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$551
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$608
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$559
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$546
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$758
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$574
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$562
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$766
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$941

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