Mogadishu vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mogadishu	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$715	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1661	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$263	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.4	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	25	46
😀 Quality of life	15	60
🏙️ Population	2.12M	1.2M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 19% less expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 7013th and 6322nd ($715 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 14th in Somalia and Russia, respectively. Check Somalia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Mogadishu compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Mogadishu ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 9189th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Mogadishu	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.53	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.03	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.1	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$143	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4802	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9000	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.8	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.03	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.6	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.4	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.2	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$575	$3800

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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 Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758