Mogadishu vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mogadishu	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$719	$988
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2041	$2120
🏠 One person rent	$256	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$740	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.1	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$391	$1723
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	26	15
😀 Quality of life	13	45
🏙️ Population	2.12M	886K

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 27% less expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 6821st and 5787th ($719 vs $988) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Somalia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Somalia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.7 months in Tabuk. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Tabuk ranked 11th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 9110th and 6510th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Tabuk

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	Mogadishu	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.03	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.1	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$6.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.99	$1.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$77.3	$311
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1690	$617
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$505
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$85.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$93
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.73%	4.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6940	$1237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$882	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.02
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20	$40.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.79	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.82	$2.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$6.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$5.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25	$2.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$2.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$6.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.1	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$17.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$52.2	$3.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.5	$28.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.3	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$74.2	$274
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$890	$4277

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Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$711
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$502
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$684
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$671
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$626
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$535
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$527
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$560
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$810
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$571
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$482
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$745
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$601
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$493
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$548
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$584
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$553
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$460
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$590
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$543
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$675
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$814
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$518
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$483
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$583
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$581
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$639
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1552
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$511
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$489
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$799

Cities near Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$694
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$393
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1536
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$777
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$499
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$879
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$640
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$278
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$294
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$707
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1657
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1651
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$821
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1372
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1607
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1632
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$847
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$721
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1713
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$934
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$806
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1754
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1727
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2037
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1004
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$609
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1400
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1771
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$952
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1671
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$692
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1775
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1835
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1741
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2115
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$1815
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1768
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$1825
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$303
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$1881