Djibouti City vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$758
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1996
🏠 One person rent	$249	$322
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$570
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$89.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$792
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	8	97
😀 Quality of life	41	75
🏙️ Population	604K	18.7M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 23% less expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 7941st and 6838th ($586 vs $758) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 36th in Djibouti and China, respectively. Check Djibouti vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 1 months in Guangzhou. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 7664th and 2100th 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	$4.12	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.07
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$472
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$862
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$410
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$9090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$3370
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$2.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$5.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$8.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$5.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$52.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$6.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$38.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$70.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$14783

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$589
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$662
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$829
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$777
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$518
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$662
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$827
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$878
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1746
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$816
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2414
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$766
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$892
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$765
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$941
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$766
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$773
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$750
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$579
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$669
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$451
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$897
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$454
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$693
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$634
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$574
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$622
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$697
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$677