Mogadishu vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mogadishu	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$711	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2049	$824
🏠 One person rent	$230	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$703	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.3	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	26	48
😀 Quality of life	12	40
🏙️ Population	2.12M	1.97M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 105% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 6832nd and 9093rd ($711 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 20th in Somalia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Somalia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 9139th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Peshawar

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	Mogadishu	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.96	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.8	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1676	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4805	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.75	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.9	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.67	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.6	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$73.2	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$879	$518

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596