Mogadishu vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mogadishu	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$719	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2041	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$256	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$740	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.1	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$391	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	26	95
😀 Quality of life	13	87
🏙️ Population	2.12M	4.04M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 32% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 6821st and 5212th ($719 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Somalia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Somalia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 9110th and 279th 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	$3.03	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.1	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.99	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$77.3	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1690	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.73%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6940	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$882	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.79	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.82	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.1	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$52.2	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.5	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.3	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$74.2	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$890	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605