Mogadishu vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mogadishu	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$719	$1649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2041	$3939
🏠 One person rent	$256	$953
🏘️ Family rent	$740	$1777
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$507
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.1	$67.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$391	$1527
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	26	37
😀 Quality of life	13	72
🏙️ Population	2.12M	6.44K

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 56% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 6821st and 3052nd ($719 vs $1649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Somalia and Malta, respectively. Check Somalia vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 0.9 months in Valletta. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Valletta ranked 7th in Malta, while ranked 9110th and 1891st 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	$3.03	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.1	$76.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.99	$4.17
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$2.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$1035
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$77.3	$813
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1690	$2112
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$1534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$58.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$90.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$37.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.73%	5.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6940	$8404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$882	$4204
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$2.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.79	$29.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.82	$3.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$9.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$3.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25	$7.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$6.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.1	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$60.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$18.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$52.2	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.5	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.3	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$74.2	$692
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$890	$8876

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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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1771
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1747
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1334
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1643
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1591
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1341
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1519
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1434
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1649
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1172
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$990
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1134
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1188
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$1031
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1229
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1160
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1211
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1157
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1086
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$1005
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1356
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$482
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$496
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$432
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$462
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1567
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1212
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$388
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$522
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$398
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$419
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$402
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$453
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$563
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$490
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1057
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1272
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$388
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$344