Mogadishu vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mogadishu	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$711	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2049	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$230	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$703	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.3	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$707
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	26	24
😀 Quality of life	12	38
🏙️ Population	2.12M	7.82M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 3% less expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 6832nd and 6735th ($711 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd in Somalia and China, respectively. Check Somalia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 1 months in Shangqiu. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 9139th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Shangqiu

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	Mogadishu	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.96	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.8	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1676	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4805	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.75	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.9	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.67	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.6	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$73.2	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$879	$17921

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529