Mogadishu vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mogadishu	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$715	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1661	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$263	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.4	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$235
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	25	49
😀 Quality of life	15	56
🏙️ Population	2.12M	1.57M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 29% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 7013th and 8247th ($715 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 41st in Somalia and Iran, respectively. Check Somalia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Mogadishu compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Mogadishu ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 9189th and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Shiraz

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	Mogadishu	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.53	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.03	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.1	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$143	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4802	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9000	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.8	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.03	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.6	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.4	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.2	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$575	$2133

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$530
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$503
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$529
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$477
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$463
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$530
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$453
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$483
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$470
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$545
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$501
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$459
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$873
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$730
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$930
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$549
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1237
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1008
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1230
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1201
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$908
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$530
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1770
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$889
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$719