Djibouti City vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$245	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$150
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	35
😀 Quality of life	20	36
🏙️ Population	604K	863K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 6% less expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 8002nd and 7600th ($571 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Djibouti and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 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 8841st and 7359th 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	$3.94	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$13506

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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 Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$602
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$613
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$507
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$472
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$614
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$615
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$623
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$394
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$613
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$613
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$484
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$853
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$626
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$591
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$444
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$414
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$538
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$430
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$431
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$477
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$569
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$474
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$303
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$607
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$441
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$623
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$512
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$364
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$501
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$386
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$389
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$346
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$366
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$366