Mogadishu vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mogadishu	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$719	$840
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2041	$2441
🏠 One person rent	$256	$386
🏘️ Family rent	$740	$1086
🍽️ Food expenses	$257	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.1	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$391	$781
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	26	28
😀 Quality of life	13	50
🏙️ Population	2.12M	431K

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 14% less expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 6821st and 6296th ($719 vs $840) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Somalia and Namibia, respectively. Check Somalia vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 0.9 months in Windhoek. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 9110th and 6223rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Windhoek

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	Mogadishu	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.03	$10.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.1	$46.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.47	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.99	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$362
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$77.3	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1690	$1113
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$903
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$127	$52.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$80.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$60.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.73%	11.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6940	$795
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$882	$827
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20	$34.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.79	$7.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.17	$0.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.82	$3.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.77	$6.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$5.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.19	$6.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25	$6.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.1	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$2.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$35.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$3.61
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$32
💇 Haircut, simple	$52.2	$7.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.5	$43.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.3	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$74.2	$174
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$890	$5452

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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 Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$779
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$833
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$818
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$797
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$832
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$807
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$790
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$766
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$761
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$741
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$654
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$690
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$692
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$718
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$809
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$600
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$663
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$859
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$554
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$670
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$943
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$585
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$652
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$848
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$774
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$971
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$788
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$874
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$997
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$736
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$909
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$838
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$717
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$705
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$822