Djibouti City vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2475
🏠 One person rent	$249	$408
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$649
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$188
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$230
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	8	37
😀 Quality of life	41	49
🏙️ Population	604K	2.15M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 43% less expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 7941st and 5412th ($586 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.2 months in Harare. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 7664th and 6721st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Harare

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	Djibouti City	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$49.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$662
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$56
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$93.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	14.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$54.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$6.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$6.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$8.03
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$1.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$6.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$35.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$19.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$34.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$258
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$8872

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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 Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$751
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$779
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$650
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$761
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$716
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$755
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$587
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$873
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$916
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$820
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$658
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$655
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$687
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$996
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$506
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$748
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$493
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$461
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$592
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$587
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$458
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$653
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$496
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$577
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$692
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$1062
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1278
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$514
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$536
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$1069
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$565
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$577
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$912
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$527
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1124
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$888
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$1032
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$830