Mogadishu vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mogadishu	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$711	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2049	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$230	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$703	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$276	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.3	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$745
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	26	19
😀 Quality of life	12	38
🏙️ Population	2.12M	7.01M

The cost of living in Mogadishu is 12% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 6832nd and 7314th ($711 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 137th 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 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Mogadishu ranked 1st best city to live in Somalia vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 9139th and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mogadishu vs Zhumadian

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	Mogadishu	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.98	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.5	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.54	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.96	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.37	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$72.8	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1676	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$217	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$160	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.4	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.02%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4805	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8866	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.2	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.75	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.89	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$24.9	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.67	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.22	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$26	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.6	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$51.6	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.4	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$73.2	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$879	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504