Mogadishu vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mogadishu	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$721	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1675	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$267	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$400	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.5	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$122	$4312
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	27	90
😀 Quality of life	22	94
🏙️ Population	2.12M	1.51M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 71% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7156th and 863rd ($721 vs $2525) 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 0.2 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 9071st and 44th 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	$2.98	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.42	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.61	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$70	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.12%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4145	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6374	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.5	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.5	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.2	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.21	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.7	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.7	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.4	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.8	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$25	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$57.3	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$629	$17274

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Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$745
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$563
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$682
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$1045
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$1050
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$543
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$521
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$611
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$910
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$448
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$415
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$807
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$533
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$563
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$532
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$540
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$590
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$564
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$513
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$746
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$618
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$546
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$931
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$549
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$524
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$624
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$603
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$497
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$417
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$488
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1637
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$573
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$476
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$800

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714