Mogadishu vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mogadishu	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$715	$603
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1661	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$263	$227
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$387
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.4	$76
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$671
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	25	24
😀 Quality of life	15	45
🏙️ Population	2.12M	6.56M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 19% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 7013th and 7790th ($715 vs $603) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 167th 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 1.1 months in Shaoyang. Mogadishu ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 9189th and 7090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Shaoyang

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	Mogadishu	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.53	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$4.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.03	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.1	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$143	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4802	$2906
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9000	$2199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$20.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.8	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.03	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.6	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.4	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.2	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$575	$10279

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$634
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$622
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$571
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$527
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$569
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$571
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$487
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$537
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$750
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$568
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$612
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$546
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$511
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$595
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$765
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$547
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$766
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$548
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$593
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$587
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$660
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$534
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$596
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$590
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$897
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$574
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$558
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599