Mogadishu vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mogadishu	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$711	$708
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2049	$2004
🏠 One person rent	$230	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$703	$591
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.3	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$725
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	26	60
😀 Quality of life	12	53
🏙️ Population	2.12M	9.4M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 0.5% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 6832nd and 6849th ($711 vs $708) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st in Somalia and China, respectively. Check Somalia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 1 months in Ningbo. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Ningbo ranked 48th in China, while ranked 9139th and 6084th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Ningbo

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	Mogadishu	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$3.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$4.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.96	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.8	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1676	$752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$463
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$36.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$56.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$13.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	4.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4805	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$3264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.75	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.9	$9.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.67	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$7.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.6	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$62.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$73.2	$595
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$879	$12465

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$590
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$716
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$573
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$805
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1097
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$984
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$677
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$671
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$700
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$670
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$868
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$587
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$645
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$701
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$670
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$682
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$726
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$695
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$650
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$602
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$681
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$657
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$642
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$654
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$702
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$643
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$616
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$672
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$636
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$644
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$607
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$603
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$642
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$643
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$621
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$522