Djibouti City vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Djibouti City	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$601	$2331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1462	$5693
🏠 One person rent	$253	$1375
🏘️ Family rent	$418	$2392
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$609
🚐 Transport expenses	$51	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$224	$3706
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	8	88
😀 Quality of life	41	93
🏙️ Population	604K	488K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 74% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 7928th and 1221st ($601 vs $2331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 37th 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 8th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7834th and 77th 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	$4.38	$22.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$91.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.41	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$8.38
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$2.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1087
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$2613
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1964
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$170
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.9	$256
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.4	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.99%	4.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1416	$6800
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$4921
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$3.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$96.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.93	$23.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.89	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.8	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.43	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.09
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$3.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.19	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.04	$21.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.73	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$114
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.92	$23.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.9	$105
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.8	$116
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$157	$1708
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4808	$26404

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Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$571
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$570
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$572
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$509
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$514
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$526
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$712
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$1152
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$1156
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$1153
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$504
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$491
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$494
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$515
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$1022
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$492
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$551
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$810
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1269
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$498
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$491
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$497
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$531
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$863
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$1017
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$865
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$498
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$996
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$493
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$902
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$775
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$893
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$931
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$858
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$906
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$743
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$771
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$964

Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1821
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1784
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1782
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1862
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1652
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1852
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1656
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1854
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1585
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1902
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2121
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1906
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1645
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1707
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1490
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1588
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1655
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$2012
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1848
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1975
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1803
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1827
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1784
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1771
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1573
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1964
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1755
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2053
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1415
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1540
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1430
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1450
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1727
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1873
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1496
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2265
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1892