Djibouti City vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$2058
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$4930
🏠 One person rent	$249	$1155
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$3074
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	8	94
😀 Quality of life	41	95
🏙️ Population	604K	626K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 72% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 7941st and 1833rd ($586 vs $2058) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th 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 1.5 months in Glasgow. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Glasgow ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7664th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Djibouti City	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$19.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$96.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$6.73
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$4.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$1172
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$2085
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1575
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$39.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	4.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$4064
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$3045
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$3.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$94.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$9.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.86
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$21.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$85.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$118
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$1138
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$18105

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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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429