Mogadishu vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mogadishu	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$715	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1661	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$263	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.4	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$931
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	25	100
😀 Quality of life	15	77
🏙️ Population	2.12M	24.9M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 37% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 7013th and 4879th ($715 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th 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 0.8 months in Shanghai. Mogadishu ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 9189th and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Shanghai

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	Mogadishu	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.53	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.03	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.1	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$143	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4802	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9000	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.8	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.03	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.6	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.4	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.2	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$575	$27624

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753