Djibouti City vs Hong Kong - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Hong Kong
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$2718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$6205
🏠 One person rent	$249	$1790
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$3191
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$551
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$230
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$1245
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	8	100
😀 Quality of life	41	83
🏙️ Population	604K	7.41M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 78% less expensive than in Hong Kong. Cities ranked 7941st and 532nd ($586 vs $2718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.5 months in Hong Kong. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Hong Kong ranked 1st in China, while ranked 7664th and 548th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Hong Kong

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	Djibouti City	Hong Kong
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$8.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$6.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$7.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$2068
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$1498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$3648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$2751
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$238
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	3.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$26310
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$16253
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$1.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$3.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$25.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$10.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$19.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$3.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$17.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$75.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$65.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$24.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$76.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$1018
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$22102

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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 Hong Kong

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Shenzhen	$878
61 km or 38 mi	Zhuhai	$662
64 km or 40 mi	Macau	$1746
88 km or 55 mi	Zhongshan	$518
95 km or 59 mi	Dongguan	$662
96 km or 60 mi	Huizhou	$608
116 km or 72 mi	Jiangmen	$829
132 km or 82 mi	Guangzhou	$758
132 km or 82 mi	Shanwei	$941
137 km or 85 mi	Foshan	$589
152 km or 94 mi	Kaiping	$827
173 km or 107 mi	Heyuan	$766
193 km or 120 mi	Qingyuan	$777
195 km or 121 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
229 km or 143 mi	Yunfu	$816
231 km or 144 mi	Yangjiang	$892
236 km or 147 mi	Puning	$579
267 km or 166 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shaoguan	$818
287 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
297 km or 184 mi	Chaozhou	$454
301 km or 187 mi	Meizhou	$669
320 km or 199 mi	Wuzhou	$809
333 km or 207 mi	Lianzhou	$765
341 km or 212 mi	Maoming	$773
343 km or 213 mi	Gaozhou	$780
357 km or 222 mi	Hezhou	$766
403 km or 250 mi	Ganzhou	$897
406 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
408 km or 254 mi	Chenzhou	$750
414 km or 257 mi	Yulin	$726
427 km or 266 mi	Longyan	$697
435 km or 270 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
469 km or 292 mi	Xiamen	$707
471 km or 292 mi	Haikou	$677
475 km or 295 mi	Guigang	$693
489 km or 304 mi	Kinmen	$901
516 km or 320 mi	Guilin	$546
529 km or 329 mi	Laibin	$598