Mogadishu vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mogadishu	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$719	$690
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2041	$1563
🏠 One person rent	$256	$363
🏘️ Family rent	$740	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$197
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.1	$70.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$391	$588
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	26	17
😀 Quality of life	13	21
🏙️ Population	2.12M	1.16M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 4% more expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 6821st and 6990th ($719 vs $690) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Somalia and Myanmar, respectively. Check Somalia vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 0.9 months in Naypyidaw. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Naypyidaw ranked 3rd in Myanmar, while ranked 9110th and 8811th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Naypyidaw

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	Mogadishu	Naypyidaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.03	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.1	$19.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$5.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.99	$1.04
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$611
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$77.3	$214
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1690	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$393
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$26.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$39.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.73%	10.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6940	$1132
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$882	$386
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20	$9.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.79	$12.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.82	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$1.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.1	$0.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$8.65
💇 Haircut, simple	$52.2	$1.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.5	$35.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.3	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$74.2	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$890	$8095

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Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$711
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$502
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$684
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$671
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$626
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$535
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$527
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$560
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$810
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$571
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$482
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$745
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$601
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$493
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$548
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$584
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$553
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$460
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$590
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$543
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$675
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$814
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$518
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$483
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$583
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$581
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$639
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1552
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$511
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$489
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$799

Cities near Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$617
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$613
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$655
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$783
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$588
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$742
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$919
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$593
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$612
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$792
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$513
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$564
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$325
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$312
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$599
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$559
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$461
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$626
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$391
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$623
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$674
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$594
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$625
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$380
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$295
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$290
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$1168
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$296
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$301
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$271
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$428
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$555
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$339
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$598
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$390
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$564
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$664
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$608