Maseru vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maseru	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$1105
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1508	$2690
🏠 One person rent	$219	$665
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$1278
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$37.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$611	$613
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	16	1
😀 Quality of life	13	11
🏙️ Population	344K	74.7K

The cost of living in Maseru is 44% less expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 7441st and 4807th ($621 vs $1105) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lesotho and Comoros, respectively. Check Lesotho vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Maseru compared to 0.6 months in Moroni. Maseru ranked 1st best city to live in Lesotho vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 9104th and 9179th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maseru vs Moroni

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	Maseru	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$5.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$7.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$1.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.3	$511
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$412	$1315
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$1061
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$64.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$98
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$68.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.53%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$344	$1481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$472	$1246
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$29.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$2.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$4.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$7.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$4.25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$4.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.77	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.62	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$3.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$31.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$6.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.5	$14.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$3.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$56.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.5	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.9	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1063	$13253

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Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628

Cities near Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1100
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1506
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1150
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$872
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$552
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$523
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$486
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$545
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$493
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$507
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$580
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$457
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$675
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$447
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$492
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$507
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$498
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$525
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$502
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$566
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$461
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$561
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$825
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$638
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1003
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$389
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$408
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$748
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$947
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$760
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$589
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$752
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$541
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$794