Djibouti City vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Djibouti City	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$584	$678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1450	$2035
🏠 One person rent	$253	$257
🏘️ Family rent	$463	$542
🍽️ Food expenses	$222	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.3	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$435	$738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	8	69
😀 Quality of life	36	69
🏙️ Population	604K	10.5M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 14% less expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 7968th and 7055th ($584 vs $678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 115th 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 1.1 months in Dongguan. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Dongguan ranked 18th in China, while ranked 7418th and 3115th 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	$3.97	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$22.6	$22.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.88	$2.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.67	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$243	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$685
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$340	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.3	$38.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.3	$59.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.7	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.84%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1458	$5799
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$900	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.9	$25.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.35	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$4.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.22	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.82	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.83	$2.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.99	$5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.13	$6.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.7	$64.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.68	$7.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.5	$50.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.74	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$41.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.5	$67.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$463
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4213	$21927

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Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$553
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$554
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$527
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$514
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$509
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$684
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$671
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$626
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$504
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$489
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$491
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$814
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$491
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$550
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$686
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$490
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$488
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$492
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$524
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$946
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$934
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$491
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$810
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$491
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$915
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$590
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$895
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$988
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$895
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$711
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$827
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$1096

Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$763
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$602
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$629
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$491
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$830
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$641
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2427
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1590
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$808
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$801
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$824
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1014
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$852
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$895
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$783
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$726
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$819
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$780
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$691
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$795
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$592
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$605
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$746
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$774
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$774
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$813
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$794
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$725
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$538
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$618
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$611
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$607
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$623