Mogadishu vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mogadishu	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$711	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2049	$2186
🏠 One person rent	$230	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$703	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$249
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.3	$44.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$522
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	26	46
😀 Quality of life	12	55
🏙️ Population	2.12M	2.96M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 17% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 6832nd and 6253rd ($711 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Somalia and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Somalia vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 9139th and 5872nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Tashkent

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	Mogadishu	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$4.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$30.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$4.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.96	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.8	$396
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1676	$1255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$25.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	22.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4805	$1748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$9.83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.75	$3.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$7.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$8.23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.9	$6.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.67	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$13.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.31
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$5.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.6	$8.85
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$50
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$73.2	$295
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$879	$9301

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$444
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$613
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$569
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$623
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$615
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$614
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$613
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$613
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$507
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$538
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$591
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$626
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$512
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$602
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$441
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$501
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$430
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$472
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$623
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$605
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$477
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$607
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$484
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$431
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$713
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$674
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$394
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$667
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$637
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$414
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$634
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$619
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$785