Mogadishu vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mogadishu	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$715	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1661	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$263	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.4	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	25	94
😀 Quality of life	15	87
🏙️ Population	2.12M	4.04M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 37% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 7013th and 4867th ($715 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Somalia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Somalia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Mogadishu ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 9189th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs New Taipei

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	Mogadishu	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.53	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.03	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.1	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$143	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4802	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9000	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.8	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.03	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.6	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.4	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.2	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$575	$17207

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Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$724
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$548
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$694
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$1169
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$1175
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$549
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$502
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$596
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$1031
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$460
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$420
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$811
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$552
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$559
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$503
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$533
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$586
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$560
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$528
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$802
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$612
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$567
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$1039
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$517
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$543
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$511
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$654
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$623
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$522
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$421
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$512
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1585
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$582
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$499
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$864

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589