Djibouti City vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$1555
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$3707
🏠 One person rent	$249	$755
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1271
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$3206
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	8	65
😀 Quality of life	41	89
🏙️ Population	604K	566K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 62% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 7941st and 3768th ($586 vs $1555) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 462nd in Djibouti and Germany, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Dresden ranked 28th in Germany, while ranked 7664th and 263rd 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	$4.12	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$72.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$5.15
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$706
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$491
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$871
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$182
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$5084
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$3851
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$3.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$68.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$23.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$6.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$9.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$53.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$342
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$14681

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1490
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1485
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1475
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1448
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1301
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1436
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1182
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1408
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$986
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1432
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1489
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1486
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1446
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1028
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1385
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1196
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1125
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1374
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1435
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1491
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1471
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1427
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1251
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1363
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1396
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1084
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1195
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1601
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1690
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1207
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1337
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1563