Djibouti City vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$647
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$1916
🏠 One person rent	$245	$292
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$744
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$439
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	71
😀 Quality of life	20	62
🏙️ Population	604K	8.44M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 12% less expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 8002nd and 7236th ($571 vs $647) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Djibouti and Vietnam, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.7 months in Hanoi. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 8841st and 4848th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Hanoi

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	Djibouti City	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$1.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$45.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$71.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	10.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$2965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$1710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$7.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$5.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$3.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$1.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$28.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$3.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$4.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$12394

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$554
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$592
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$591
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$582
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$569
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$549
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$571
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$642
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1161
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$702
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$598
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$571
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$575
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$771
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$650
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1163
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$763
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$611
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$543
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$579
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$761
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$756
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$604
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$393