Mogadishu vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Mogadishu	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$819	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2860	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$276	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$1255	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$265	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.7	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	26	96
😀 Quality of life	16	73
🏙️ Population	2.12M	12.5M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 20% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6317th and 5167th ($819 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Somalia and Russia, respectively. Check Somalia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 9088th and 1608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Moscow

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	Mogadishu	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.8	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.39	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$179	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$75	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1690	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$836	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$196	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.9	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.72%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6395	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.84	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.63	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25.1	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.71	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.26	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.98	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.1	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$174	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$52	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.2	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$25.1	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$64.8	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1047	$10868

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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

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517