Mogadishu vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mogadishu	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$721	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1675	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$267	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$400	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.5	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$122	$3694
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	27	99
😀 Quality of life	22	94
🏙️ Population	2.12M	2.1M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 71% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7156th and 964th ($721 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Somalia and France, respectively. Check Somalia vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 9071st and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Paris

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	Mogadishu	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.42	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.61	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$70	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.12%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4145	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6374	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.5	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.5	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.2	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.21	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.7	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.7	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.4	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.8	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$25	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$57.3	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$629	$19577

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506