Mogadishu vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Mogadishu	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$715	$1770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1661	$4014
🏠 One person rent	$263	$1041
🏘️ Family rent	$394	$1826
🍽️ Food expenses	$252	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.4	$60.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$112	$1866
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	25	38
😀 Quality of life	15	77
🏙️ Population	2.12M	6.44K

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 60% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 7013th and 2847th ($715 vs $1770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Somalia and Malta, respectively. Check Somalia vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Mogadishu compared to 1.1 months in Valletta. Mogadishu ranked 2nd best city to live in Somalia vs Valletta ranked 6th in Malta, while ranked 9189th and 1422nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Valletta

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	Mogadishu	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.53	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$79.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.03	$4.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$2.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.5	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$142	$1113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.1	$878
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$143	$1593
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$37.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	5.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4802	$4177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9000	$3714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$2.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.9	$32.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.8	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$3.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.03	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.48	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.1	$7.21
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.21	$6.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.08	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.19	$2.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.6	$60.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26.6	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.7	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$17.6	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$26.4	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$50.2	$263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$575	$12705

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1951
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1739
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1577
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1697
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1720
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1471
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1666
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1579
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1521
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1271
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$1161
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1234
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1232
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$1085
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1298
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1161
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1301
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1176
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1141
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$1046
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1341
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$487
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$552
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$455
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$406
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$480
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1425
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1266
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$350
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$607
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$387
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$434
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$381
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$433
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$577
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$529
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1200
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1319
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$382
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$375