Djibouti City vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1759
🏠 One person rent	$249	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$549
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$259
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$36.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$140
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	35
😀 Quality of life	41	42
🏙️ Population	604K	863K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 18% less expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 7941st and 7031st ($586 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 7664th and 7474th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Dushanbe

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	Djibouti City	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$5.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$15.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$8.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$1.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$34.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$52.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$17.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	25.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$1032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$10.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$3.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$4.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$3.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$0.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$42.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$5.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$85.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$33.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$7848

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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 Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$674
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$658
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$555
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$475
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$600
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$650
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$603
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$428
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$620
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$626
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$512
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$844
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$680
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$648
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$754
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$432
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$562
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$451
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$433
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$549
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$525
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$458
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$354
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$615
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$445
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$532
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$480
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$351
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$468
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$401
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$396
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$334
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$354
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$393