Djibouti City vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$443
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1034
🏠 One person rent	$249	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$35.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$155
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	8	69
😀 Quality of life	41	50
🏙️ Population	604K	1.01M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 32% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 7941st and 8887th ($586 vs $443) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and Pakistan, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.3 months in Islamabad. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Islamabad ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 7664th and 6597th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Islamabad

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	Djibouti City	Islamabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$2.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.36
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$187
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$98.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$338
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$178
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$65.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	18.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$1311
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$775
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$9.39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$4.05
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$6.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$4.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$1.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$1.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$20.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$4.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$21.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$80.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$61.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$2738

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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 Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$344
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$277
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$354
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$265
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$334
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$364
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$320
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$340
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$376
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$363
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$311
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$284
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$302
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$372
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$316
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$354
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$333
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$427
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$294
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$351
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$380
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$303
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$393
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$291
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$401
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$337
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$458
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$362
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$347
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$421
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$403
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$396
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$373