Mogadishu vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mogadishu	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$719	$496
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2041	$1258
🏠 One person rent	$256	$179
🏘️ Family rent	$740	$341
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$192
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.1	$68.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$391	$317
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	26	20
😀 Quality of life	13	46
🏙️ Population	2.12M	1.29M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 45% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 6821st and 8700th ($719 vs $496) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Somalia and Libya, respectively. Check Somalia vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 0.6 months in Tripoli. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 9110th and 6501st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Tripoli

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	Mogadishu	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.03	$6.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.1	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.99	$0.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$0.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$77.3	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1690	$448
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$249
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.73%	17.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6940	$1419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$882	$413
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20	$23
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.79	$9.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$0.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.82	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$4.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$9.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$0.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.59
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25	$0.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$2.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.1	$4.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$0.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$0.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$28.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$5.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$52.2	$1.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.5	$28.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.3	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$74.2	$73.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$890	$1179

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Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$711
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$502
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$684
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$671
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$626
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$535
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$527
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$560
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$810
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$571
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$482
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$745
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$601
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$493
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$548
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$584
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$553
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$460
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$590
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$543
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$675
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$814
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$518
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$483
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$583
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$581
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$639
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1552
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$511
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$489
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$799

Cities near Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$388
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$398
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$388
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$402
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$432
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$412
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$419
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$462
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$375
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1434
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1341
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1334
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1591
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1519
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1649
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1643
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1747
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1771
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1649
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$482
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$453
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$403
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$442
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1172
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$990
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1134
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$1031
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1188
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$563
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$522
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$490
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1229
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$492
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1086
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$344
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$1005
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1211
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$373
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$386
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1160