Mogadishu vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mogadishu	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$711	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2049	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$230	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$703	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.3	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$3476
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	26	83
😀 Quality of life	12	93
🏙️ Population	2.12M	633K

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 64% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 6832nd and 1961st ($711 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Somalia and Germany, respectively. Check Somalia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 9139th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Stuttgart

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	Mogadishu	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.96	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.8	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1676	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4805	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.75	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.9	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.67	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.6	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$73.2	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$879	$15338

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581