Djibouti City vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Djibouti City	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$551	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1372	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$235	$181
🏘️ Family rent	$434	$367
🍽️ Food expenses	$212	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.1	$86.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$403	$838
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	8	69
😀 Quality of life	23	71
🏙️ Population	604K	10.5M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 6% less expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 8114th and 7769th ($551 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 350th in Djibouti and China, respectively. Check Djibouti vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.4 months in Dongguan. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Dongguan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 8873rd and 2370th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Dongguan

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	Djibouti City	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.67	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.2	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$3.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$187
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$153	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$482	$419
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$311	$277
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$33.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.4	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$9.62
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.03%	4.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1410	$5578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$838	$3231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.9	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.95	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.94	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.61	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.88	$4.81
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.8	$38
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.44	$5.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.5	$49
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.52	$7.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.5	$46.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$74
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3861	$16599

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Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$522
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$524
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$524
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$602
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$490
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$486
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$815
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$702
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$705
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$676
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$481
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$466
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$470
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$489
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$820
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$467
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$523
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$800
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$923
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$466
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$467
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$467
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$498
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$883
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$885
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$1047
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$466
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$840
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$468
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$923
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$871
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$920
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$1061
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$959
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$938
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$805
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$857
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$1361

Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$742
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$939
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$575
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$837
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$481
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$812
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$618
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2410
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1565
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$781
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$891
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$816
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1083
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$830
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$856
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$876
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$774
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$738
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$824
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$785
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$716
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$799
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$588
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$752
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$831
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$857
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$812
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$806
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$735
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$525
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$584
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$530
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$596
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$611