Mogadishu vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mogadishu	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$711	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2049	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$230	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$703	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.3	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$3141
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	26	86
😀 Quality of life	12	93
🏙️ Population	2.12M	2.79M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 71% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 6832nd and 861st ($711 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Somalia and Canada, respectively. Check Somalia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 9139th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Toronto

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	Mogadishu	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.96	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.8	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1676	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4805	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.75	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.9	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.67	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.6	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$73.2	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$879	$17118

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095