Mogadishu vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mogadishu	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$711	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2049	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$230	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$703	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.3	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$1589
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	26	94
😀 Quality of life	12	86
🏙️ Population	2.12M	4.04M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 34% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 6832nd and 5000th ($711 vs $1073) 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 1.5 months in New Taipei. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 9139th and 302nd 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	$2.98	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.96	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.8	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1676	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4805	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.75	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.9	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.67	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.6	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$73.2	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$879	$18855

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Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$706
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$498
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$660
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$764
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$718
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$541
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$518
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$580
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$886
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$589
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$408
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$760
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$545
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$542
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$500
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$561
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$571
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$540
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$483
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$654
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$638
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$523
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$838
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$503
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$522
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$490
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$605
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$602
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$507
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$486
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$496
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1495
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$562
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$482
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$752

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581