Mogadishu vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mogadishu	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$715	$1014
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1661	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$263	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$932
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.4	$32.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$944
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	25	7
😀 Quality of life	15	57
🏙️ Population	2.12M	77.6K

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 30% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 7013th and 5469th ($715 vs $1014) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Somalia and Thailand, respectively. Check Somalia vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Mogadishu compared to 0.9 months in Phuket. Mogadishu ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Phuket ranked 5th in Thailand, while ranked 9189th and 6129th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Phuket

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	Mogadishu	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.53	$6.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.03	$2.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$3.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.1	$419
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$1073
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$143	$738
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$71.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	5.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4802	$4256
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9000	$2916
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.45
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.8	$10.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.03	$16.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$21.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$4.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$3.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$2.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$53.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$8.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$5.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.6	$65.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.4	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.2	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$575	$14328

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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 Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$773
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$854
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$593
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$741
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$570
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$509
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$754
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$701
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$449
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$552
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$657
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$466
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$460
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$553
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$724
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$787
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$812
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$704
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$681
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$708
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866