Minsk vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Minsk	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$727	$711
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1874	$2049
🏠 One person rent	$352	$230
🏘️ Family rent	$652	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$251	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$46.5	$67.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$686	$352
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	31 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	61	26
😀 Quality of life	67	12
🏙️ Population	1.99M	2.12M

The cost of living in Minsk is 2% more expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 6769th and 6832nd ($727 vs $711) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belarus and Somalia, respectively. Check Belarus vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Minsk compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Minsk ranked 1st best city to live in Belarus vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 3750th and 9139th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Minsk vs Mogadishu

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	Minsk	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.19	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.8	$51.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.31	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.69	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$280	$72.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$818	$1676
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$534	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.3	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.6	$33.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1925	$4805
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1211	$8866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.27	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.4	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.73	$5.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.28	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$4.51
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.72	$5.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.59	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.82	$1.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.66	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.6	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.8	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.6	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.9	$12.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$51.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.5	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$60
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$73.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10220	$879

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Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$570
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$438
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1261
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$474
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$936
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$300
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$435
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$843
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$847
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1150
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$440
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$950
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$761
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1016
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$935
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$479
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$840
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$469
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1025
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$953
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$433
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$964
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$933
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$394
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$510
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$804
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$882
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1113
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1107
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1299
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$835
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$850

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$706
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$498
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$660
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$764
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$718
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$541
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$518
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$580
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$886
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$589
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$408
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$760
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$545
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$542
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$500
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$561
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$571
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$540
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$483
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$654
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$638
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$523
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$838
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$503
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$522
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$490
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$605
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$602
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$507
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$486
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$496
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1495
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$562
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$482
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$752