Mogadishu vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mogadishu	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$715	$420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1661	$1031
🏠 One person rent	$263	$152
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$236
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$174
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.4	$39.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$544
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	25	5
😀 Quality of life	15	42
🏙️ Population	2.12M	115K

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 70% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 7013th and 8940th ($715 vs $420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Somalia and Bhutan, respectively. Check Somalia vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.3 months in Thimphu. Mogadishu ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Thimphu ranked 1st in Bhutan, while ranked 9189th and 7547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Thimphu

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	Mogadishu	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.53	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$17.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$4.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.03	$2.28
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$1.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.1	$101
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$255
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$143	$171
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$17.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$26.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$20.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	10.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4802	$600
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9000	$947
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.8	$18.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$0.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.03	$4.81
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$4.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$5.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$1.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$3.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$3.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$27.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$3.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.6	$32
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.4	$43.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.2	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$575	$653

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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 Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$450
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$297
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$308
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$311
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$918
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$316
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$298
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$348
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$321
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$338
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$297
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$981
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$284
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$287
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$297
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$282
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$281
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$257
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$274
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$321
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$293
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$294
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$352
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$332
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$427
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$350
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$464
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$362
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$348
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$328
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$300
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$286
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$320
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$289
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$286
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$289