Djibouti City vs Isfahan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Isfahan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$501
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1279
🏠 One person rent	$249	$206
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$364
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$164
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$42
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$230
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	8	65
😀 Quality of life	41	55
🏙️ Population	604K	1.96M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 17% more expensive than in Isfahan. Cities ranked 7941st and 8682nd ($586 vs $501) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 69th in Djibouti and Iran, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Iran 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 Isfahan. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Isfahan ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 7664th and 6324th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Djibouti City vs Isfahan infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/djibouti-city/isfahan.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Djibouti City vs Isfahan infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/djibouti-city/isfahan" target="_blank">Djibouti City vs Isfahan - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Djibouti City vs Isfahan

Prices for goods and services in Djibouti City and Isfahan are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Djibouti City	Isfahan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$2.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$0.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$460
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$9.15
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$14.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$7.52
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	26.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$1116
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$13.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$2.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$2.83
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$5.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$0.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$2.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$15.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$13.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$1.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$6.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$18.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$86.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$71.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$589

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$476
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$470
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$515
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$459
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$463
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$448
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$538
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$508
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$483
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$545
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$530
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$503
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$588
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$494
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$566
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$607
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$560
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$604
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$571
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$611
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$457
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$540
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$623
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$530
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$624
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$622
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$503
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$635
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$684
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$641
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$598
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$637
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$638
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$553
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$640