Djibouti City vs Giza - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Giza
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$410
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1005
🏠 One person rent	$249	$157
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$259
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$29.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$140
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	8	83
😀 Quality of life	41	58
🏙️ Population	604K	5.6M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 43% more expensive than in Giza. Cities ranked 7941st and 8955th ($586 vs $410) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Djibouti and Egypt, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.3 months in Giza. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Giza ranked 2nd in Egypt, while ranked 7664th and 6081st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Giza

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	Djibouti City	Giza
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$4.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$14.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$188
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$108
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$335
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$190
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$12
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$18.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$20.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	23.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$858
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$1319
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$2.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$3.05
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$2.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$8.64
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$0.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$4.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$1.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$1.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$0.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$2.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$89.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$101
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$2777

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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 Giza

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Cairo	$473
14 km or 8.4 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$422
22 km or 14 mi	Helwan	$395
50 km or 31 mi	Benha	$336
63 km or 39 mi	Shibin El Kom	$354
68 km or 42 mi	Zagazig	$345
87 km or 54 mi	Faiyum	$334
88 km or 55 mi	Tanta	$287
106 km or 66 mi	Beni Suef	$288
106 km or 66 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$356
117 km or 73 mi	Mansoura	$326
120 km or 74 mi	Ismailia	$295
128 km or 79 mi	Suez	$276
136 km or 84 mi	Damanhur	$274
163 km or 101 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$330
167 km or 104 mi	Damietta	$331
172 km or 107 mi	Port Said	$306
181 km or 113 mi	Alexandria	$384
219 km or 136 mi	Minya	$348
314 km or 195 mi	Asyut	$271
352 km or 219 mi	Gaza	$695
355 km or 221 mi	Ofakim	$1867
358 km or 223 mi	Netivot	$1951
361 km or 225 mi	Dahab	$517
365 km or 227 mi	Eilat	$1734
365 km or 227 mi	Sderot	$1957
370 km or 230 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
370 km or 230 mi	Aqaba	$782
370 km or 230 mi	Beersheba	$1645
372 km or 231 mi	Rahat	$1879
378 km or 235 mi	El Gouna	$354
383 km or 238 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
384 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
384 km or 238 mi	Ashdod	$1993
384 km or 239 mi	Dimona	$1910
386 km or 240 mi	Sohag	$398
388 km or 241 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
395 km or 246 mi	Yavne	$2064
398 km or 247 mi	Hurghada	$346
401 km or 249 mi	Dura	$1021