Mogadishu vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mogadishu	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$711	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2049	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$230	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$703	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.3	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$854
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	26	21
😀 Quality of life	12	40
🏙️ Population	2.12M	6.71M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 21% less expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 6832nd and 6043rd ($711 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 13th in Somalia and China, respectively. Check Somalia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Mogadishu compared to 0.9 months in Yancheng. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Yancheng ranked 236th in China, while ranked 9139th and 6955th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Yancheng

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	Mogadishu	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.96	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.8	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1676	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4805	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.75	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.9	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.67	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.6	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$73.2	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$879	$22179

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984