Mogadishu vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mogadishu	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$721	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1675	$6812
🏠 One person rent	$267	$1756
🏘️ Family rent	$400	$3107
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.5	$335
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$122	$4188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	27	99
😀 Quality of life	22	100
🏙️ Population	2.12M	5.45M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 75% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7156th and 370th ($721 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Somalia and Australia, respectively. Check Somalia vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 9071st and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Sydney

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	Mogadishu	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$81.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.42	$7.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.61	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$2.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$2215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$70	$1420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$3992
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$2582
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.12%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4145	$12962
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6374	$7403
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.5	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$9.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$3.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$3.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.5	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$4.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.2	$28.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.21	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$3.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$3.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.7	$66
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.7	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.4	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.8	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$25	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$57.3	$2275
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$629	$25164

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Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$745
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$563
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$682
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$1045
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$1050
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$543
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$521
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$611
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$910
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$448
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$415
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$807
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$533
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$563
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$532
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$540
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$590
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$564
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$513
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$746
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$618
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$546
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$931
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$549
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$524
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$624
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$603
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$497
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$417
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$488
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1637
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$573
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$476
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$800

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2354
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2481
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2040
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1709
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1995
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1701
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1795
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1460
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2258
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1855
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1273
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1825
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1816
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$2000
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2341
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1936
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1915
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1493
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1913
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1825
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1834
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2543
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1933
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1896
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2323
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1813
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1992
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2179
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1606
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1863