Mogadishu vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Mogadishu	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$724	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1682	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$264	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$397	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.3	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$94.6	$4507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	27	90
😀 Quality of life	19	94
🏙️ Population	2.12M	1.51M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 71% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7125th and 889th ($724 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Somalia and Germany, respectively. Check Somalia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Mogadishu ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 9150th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Munich

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	Mogadishu	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.5	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.8	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.02	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.51	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$143	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$79.5	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$262	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.3	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4814	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7574	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.81	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.05	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.19	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.84	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$25.9	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.3	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$52.1	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.6	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.7	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.1	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$571	$16629

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Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$743
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$553
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$712
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$1152
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$1153
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$542
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$509
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$1156
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$604
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$996
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$455
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$419
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$797
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$544
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$570
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$572
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$508
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1269
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$523
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$601
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$571
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$520
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$775
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$602
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$551
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$1022
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$526
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$533
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$505
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$651
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$624
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$408
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1646
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$593
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$491
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$863

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748