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Tirana vs. Mogadishu Cost of Living Summary

Tirana is 3.5 times more expensive than Mogadishu.

Restaurants: pay 3.3 times more in Tirana
Groceries: pay 54.4% more in Tirana
Transportation: pay 3.3 times more in Tirana
Housing: pay 3.3 times more in Tirana
Childcare: pay 8.2 times more in Tirana
Entertainment and Sports: pay 93.1% more in Tirana
Clothing: pay 3.0 times more in Tirana

The cost of childcare, restaurants, transportation, housing, clothing, and entertainment and sports in Tirana are more expensive than in Mogadishu. Notably, childcare, restaurants, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Tirana.

Tirana vs. Mogadishu Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Tirana instead of Mogadishu, you would:

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pay 3.3 times more for restaurants

	Mogadishu	Tirana
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.50 SOS1,997	$12.05 ALL999	+244.3%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.50 SOS2,567	$12.05 ALL999	+167.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.50 SOS285	$2.04 ALL169	+307.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.32 SOS185	$1.04 ALL86	+219.5%
Average			+234.8%

Mogadishu vs. Tirana - Cost of restaurants

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pay 54.4% more for groceries

	Mogadishu	Tirana
Bread 1 loaf	$1.62 SOS927	$1.15 ALL95	-29.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.50 SOS1,426	$6.73 ALL558	+169.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.36 SOS3,059	$8.27 ALL686	+54.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.95 SOS1,110	$4.21 ALL349	+116.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.64 SOS938	$3.67 ALL304	+123.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.36 SOS776	$0.77 ALL64	-43.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.45 SOS259	$1.27 ALL105	+180.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.25 SOS712	$0.97 ALL81	-22.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.58 SOS331	$0.88 ALL73	+51.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.55 SOS315	$0.61 ALL50	+10.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.68 SOS388	$0.60 ALL50	-12.1%
Average			+54.4%

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pay 3.3 times more for transportation

	Mogadishu	Tirana
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.91 SOS2,231	$8.19 ALL679	+109.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$20.00 SOS11,409	$19.28 ALL1,599	-3.6%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$7,500.00 SOS4,278,541	$34,989.79 ALL2,900,669	+366.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.80 SOS3,309	$32.54 ALL2,697	+461.0%
Average			+233.3%

Mogadishu vs. Tirana - Cost of transportation

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pay 3.3 times more for housing

	Mogadishu	Tirana
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$66.67 SOS38,031	$18.93 ALL1,569	-71.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$157.50 SOS89,849	$838.35 ALL69,500	+432.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$87.50 SOS49,916	$548.59 ALL45,478	+527.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$63.28 SOS36,099	$87.73 ALL7,273	+38.6%
Average			+231.6%

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pay 8.2 times more for childcare

	Mogadishu	Tirana
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$50.00 SOS28,524	$312.88 ALL25,938	+525.8%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$570.00 SOS325,169	$5,810.16 ALL481,665	+919.3%
Average			+722.5%

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pay 93.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Mogadishu	Tirana
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.00 SOS2,282	$3.01 ALL250	-24.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.50 SOS856	$2.11 ALL175	+40.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.20 SOS685	$4.46 ALL370	+271.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$31.67 SOS18,065	$58.65 ALL4,862	+85.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$9.04 ALL749
Average			+93.1%

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pay 3.0 times more for clothing

	Mogadishu	Tirana
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$17.50 SOS9,983	$68.30 ALL5,662	+290.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$24.33 SOS13,881	$47.45 ALL3,934	+95.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$26.67 SOS15,213	$107.71 ALL8,929	+303.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$60.50 SOS34,514	$131.74 ALL10,921	+117.7%
Average			+201.7%

Mogadishu vs. Tirana - Cost of clothing

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