Mogadishu vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mogadishu	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$711	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2049	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$230	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$703	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.3	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	26	78
😀 Quality of life	12	66
🏙️ Population	2.12M	12.6M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 39% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 6832nd and 8544th ($711 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 9139th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Zhengzhou

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	Mogadishu	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.96	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.8	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1676	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4805	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.75	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.9	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.67	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.6	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$73.2	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$879	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591