Mogadishu vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mogadishu	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$711	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2049	$2065
🏠 One person rent	$230	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$703	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.3	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$800
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	26	20
😀 Quality of life	12	41
🏙️ Population	2.12M	6.44M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 6% more expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 6832nd and 7052nd ($711 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 74th 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 1.2 months in Shangrao. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Shangrao ranked 210th in China, while ranked 9139th and 6873rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Shangrao

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	Mogadishu	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.96	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$303
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.8	$199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1676	$628
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$401
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$42.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4805	$4836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$2454
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$23.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.75	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$2.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.9	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.67	$3.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$4.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$6.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$42.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.6	$5.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$67.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$73.2	$436
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$879	$31722

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$598
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$601
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$603
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$616
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$621
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$642
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$585
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$587
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$682
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$630
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$506
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$677
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$555
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$603
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$648
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$611
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$642
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$726
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$681
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$632
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$576
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$613
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$672
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$805
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$669
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$600
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$650
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$564
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$716
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$661
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$691
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$600
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$671
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$670
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$645
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$679
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$625
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$590
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$621