Mogadishu vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mogadishu	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$721	$823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1675	$1972
🏠 One person rent	$267	$412
🏘️ Family rent	$400	$711
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.5	$53.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$122	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	27	45
😀 Quality of life	22	69
🏙️ Population	2.12M	1.08M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 12% less expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 7156th and 6663rd ($721 vs $823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Somalia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Somalia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Mogadishu compared to 1 months in Nur-Sultan. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 9071st and 4272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Mogadishu	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$8.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$6.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.42	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$1.61	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$479
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$70	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$848
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$587
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$57.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.12%	15.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4145	$1359
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6374	$999
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.5	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.53
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$5.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$8.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.5	$8.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.2	$1.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.21	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$2.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.7	$54.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.7	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.4	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$4.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.8	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$25	$97.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$57.3	$301
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$629	$6976

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Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$745
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$563
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$682
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$1045
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$1050
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$543
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$521
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$611
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$910
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$448
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$415
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$807
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$533
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$563
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$532
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$540
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$590
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$564
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$513
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$746
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$618
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$546
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$931
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$549
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$524
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$624
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$603
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$497
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$417
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$488
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1637
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$573
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$476
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$800

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$545
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$571
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$763
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$595
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$586
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$585
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$819
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$558
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$548
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$687
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$702
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$559
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$713
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$1024
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$602
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$786
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$492
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$764
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$952
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$954
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$780
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$535
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$785
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$935
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$615
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$757
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$549
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$876
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$488
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$789
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$1163
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$500
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$780
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$555
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$899
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$636
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1014
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$553