Djibouti City vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$245	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$2953
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	8	65
😀 Quality of life	20	88
🏙️ Population	604K	566K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 59% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 8002nd and 3862nd ($571 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 512th in Djibouti and Germany, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 8841st and 217th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Dresden

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	Djibouti City	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$13167

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$540
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$542
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$518
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$507
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$503
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$660
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$764
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$718
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$496
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$482
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$486
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$838
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$481
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$546
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$662
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$487
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$482
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$486
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$520
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$897
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$937
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$488
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$886
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$484
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$910
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$654
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$902
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$1006
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$905
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$706
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$1003

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419