Mogadishu vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mogadishu	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$711	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2049	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$230	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$703	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.3	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$1355
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	26	84
😀 Quality of life	12	81
🏙️ Population	2.12M	3.03M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 20% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 6832nd and 6071st ($711 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Somalia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Somalia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 9139th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Mogadishu vs Taichung infographic

Share this infographic!

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

Prices in Mogadishu vs Taichung

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

	Mogadishu	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.96	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.8	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1676	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4805	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.75	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.9	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.67	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.6	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$73.2	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$879	$18658

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	$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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671