Djibouti City vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$2011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$4929
🏠 One person rent	$245	$1155
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$2177
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$3222
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	8	94
😀 Quality of life	20	95
🏙️ Population	604K	626K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 72% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 8002nd and 1806th ($571 vs $2011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 64th 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 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.6 months in Glasgow. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Glasgow ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 8841st and 24th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Djibouti City	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$89.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$6.25
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$4.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$840
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$2489
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$1650
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$210
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$320
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$39.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	5.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$3920
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$2776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$3.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$78.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$3.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$9.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$8.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$3.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$47.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$16.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$80.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$1078
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$15092

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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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1765
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1699
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1601
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1604
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1551
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1649
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1608
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1404
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1500
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1246
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1482
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1567
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1382
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1755
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1722
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1713
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1968
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1705
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1651
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1628
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1637
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1393
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1707
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1510
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1390
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1714
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1629
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1288