Djibouti City vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$2379
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$5357
🏠 One person rent	$245	$1601
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$2918
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$453
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$3975
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	8	65
😀 Quality of life	20	87
🏙️ Population	604K	3.33M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 76% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 8002nd and 989th ($571 vs $2379) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Djibouti vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.7 months in Dubai. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 8841st and 288th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Dubai

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	Djibouti City	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$9.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$6.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$1.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$1243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$3782
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$2332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$91.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$6638
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$3507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$86.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$9.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$6.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$77.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$13241

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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 Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536