Mogadishu vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mogadishu	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$715	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1661	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$263	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.4	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	25	53
😀 Quality of life	15	70
🏙️ Population	2.12M	8.78M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 15% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 7013th and 7641st ($715 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 138th in Somalia and China, respectively. Check Somalia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Mogadishu ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 9189th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Quanzhou

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	Mogadishu	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.53	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.03	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.1	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$143	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4802	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9000	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.8	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.03	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.6	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.4	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.2	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$575	$9321

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941