Djibouti City vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$2226
🏠 One person rent	$245	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$830
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$79
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$1294
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	8	97
😀 Quality of life	20	75
🏙️ Population	604K	18.7M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 26% less expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 8002nd and 6548th ($571 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 31st in Djibouti and China, respectively. Check Djibouti vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 8841st and 1055th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Guangzhou

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	Djibouti City	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$3.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$1183
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$655
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$37.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$58
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$10125
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$4029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$2.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$4.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$20.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$5.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$6.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$9.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$70
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$14511

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$656
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$804
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$794
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$461
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$653
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$916
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1588
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$601
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$823
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2432
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$764
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$877
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$803
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$755
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$936
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$758
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$761
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$756
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$724
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$569
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$655
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$443
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$771
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$761
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$451
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$581
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$702
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$522
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$609
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$579
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$590
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$649
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$650