Mogadishu vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mogadishu	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$715	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1661	$2471
🏠 One person rent	$263	$546
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.4	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$1724
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	25	15
😀 Quality of life	15	53
🏙️ Population	2.12M	886K

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 33% less expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 7013th and 5095th ($715 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 0.2 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Mogadishu ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Tabuk ranked 11th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 9189th and 6448th 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	$3.53	$6.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$22.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$6.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.03	$1.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$525
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.1	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$708
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$143	$580
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$70.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$108
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$81.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	4.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4802	$1383
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9000	$921
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$40.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.8	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$2.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.03	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$6.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$6.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$65.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$25.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$3.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.6	$28.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.4	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.2	$672
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$575	$8498

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$782
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$517
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1734
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$798
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$940
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$645
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$346
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$354
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$718
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1910
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1855
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$791
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1645
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1867
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1879
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1021
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$837
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1951
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$987
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$769
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1957
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$695
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1072
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$548
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1947
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2347
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2064
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1998
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$276
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233