Djibouti City vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$1849
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$4110
🏠 One person rent	$249	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$2063
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$412
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$3003
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	44
😀 Quality of life	41	82
🏙️ Population	604K	1.19M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 68% less expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 7941st and 2509th ($586 vs $1849) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and Qatar, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.6 months in Doha. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 7664th and 608th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Doha

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	Djibouti City	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$55.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$12.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$1391
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$974
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$2548
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$62.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$96.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$84.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$5456
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$3618
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$30.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$16.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.56
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$2.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$7.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$16.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$4.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$5.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$6.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$118
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$49.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$9.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$825
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$11426

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Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$560
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$559
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$522
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$517
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$694
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$1169
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$1175
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$512
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$499
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$500
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$1039
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$498
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$560
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$826
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$498
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$498
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$499
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$533
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$1016
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$860
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$500
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$1031
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$500
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$911
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$802
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$903
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$971
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$918
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$724
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$829
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$964

Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1770
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1201
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1230
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1237
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$908
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1008
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$873
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$930
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2514
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1419
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2521
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$530
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$453
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$477
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1449
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$529
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$503
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1228
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1627
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$530
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$463
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$730
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$483
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$534
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$549
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$792
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$889