Mashhad vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mashhad	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$532	$819
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1496	$2860
🏠 One person rent	$214	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$493	$1255
🍽️ Food expenses	$183	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$40	$67.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$203	$394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	46	26
😀 Quality of life	53	16
🏙️ Population	3M	2.12M

The cost of living in Mashhad is 35% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 8260th and 6317th ($532 vs $819) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 75th and 1st in Iran and Somalia, respectively. Check Iran vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Mashhad compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Mashhad ranked 4th best city to live in Iran vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 6128th and 9088th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mashhad vs Mogadishu

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	Mashhad	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.8	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.1	$50.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.03	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.23	$1.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.49	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$271	$179
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$75
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$585	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$428	$836
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.91	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$15.3	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.2	$51.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.08%	7.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1352	$6395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$855	$823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.1	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.46	$5.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.25	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.24	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$5.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.92	$5.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$0.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.19	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.69	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.58	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2	$1.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.22	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.37	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.78	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.41	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.7	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.02	$26.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$96	$174
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.62	$52
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.4	$17.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.1	$25.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$181	$64.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$555	$1047

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Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$520
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$487
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$558
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$507
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$489
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1648
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1679
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$427
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1644
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1642
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$514
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$554
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$473
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$576
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$661
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1662
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$446
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$558
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$399
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$640
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$533
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$546
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1657
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$416
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$434
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$519
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$484
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$427
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$575
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$619
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$457
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$633
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$616
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$636
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$655
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$653
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$700

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