Mogadishu vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Mogadishu	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$721	$1036
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1675	$2352
🏠 One person rent	$267	$518
🏘️ Family rent	$400	$691
🍽️ Food expenses	$259	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.5	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$122	$1734
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	27	16
😀 Quality of life	22	57
🏙️ Population	2.12M	886K

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 30% less expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 7156th and 5290th ($721 vs $1036) 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 1.7 months in Tabuk. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 9071st and 6204th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/mogadishu/tabuk.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Mogadishu vs Tabuk infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/mogadishu/tabuk" target="_blank">Mogadishu vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Mogadishu vs Tabuk

Prices for goods and services in Mogadishu and Tabuk are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Mogadishu	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$6.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.5	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$7.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.42	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.61	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$164	$496
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$70	$364
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$604
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$127	$510
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$59.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.12%	5.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4145	$1579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6374	$948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$2.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.5	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$24.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$2.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$6.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.78	$1.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.01	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.5	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.2	$6.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.21	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.18	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.7	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.7	$21.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.4	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$3.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$14.8	$28.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$25	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$57.3	$663
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$629	$8604

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$818
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$429
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$2054
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$856
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$919
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$686
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$334
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$338
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$742
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$2014
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1933
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$771
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1810
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$2038
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$2060
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1149
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$977
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$2145
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$753
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$2133
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1032
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$862
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1205
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$538
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$2305
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$2201
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2465
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2354
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$2336
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2487
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$288
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2587