Djibouti City vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$2310
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$5713
🏠 One person rent	$249	$1359
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$2393
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$594
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$3676
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	8	88
😀 Quality of life	41	95
🏙️ Population	604K	488K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 75% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 7941st and 1247th ($586 vs $2310) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 32nd in Djibouti and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Djibouti vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Edinburgh ranked 5th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7664th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Edinburgh

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	Djibouti City	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$21.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$89.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$8.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$2.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$1053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$2488
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$300
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	5.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$6892
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$4820
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$4.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.07
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$3.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$19.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$3.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$15.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$1932
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$23184

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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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1775
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1762
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1711
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1641
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1797
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1480
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2058
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1837
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1575
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1630
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1485
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1522
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1759
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1906
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1780
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1797
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1602
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$2079
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2021
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1460
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1507
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1429
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1431
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1638
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1840
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1484
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1839
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2205
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808