Djibouti City vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Djibouti City	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$601	$2483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1462	$5802
🏠 One person rent	$253	$1417
🏘️ Family rent	$418	$2357
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$720
🚐 Transport expenses	$51	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$224	$3437
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	8	77
😀 Quality of life	41	86
🏙️ Population	604K	936K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 76% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 7928th and 911th ($601 vs $2483) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Djibouti and Israel, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.4 months in Jerusalem. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Jerusalem ranked 2nd in Israel, while ranked 7834th and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Jerusalem

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	Djibouti City	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.38	$25.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$94.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.41	$19.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$10.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$1637
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1119
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$2975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1851
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$160
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.9	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.4	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.99%	5.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1416	$16323
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$9037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.93	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$2.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.89	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.8	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.43	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.19	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$3.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.04	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.73	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.92	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.9	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.8	$152
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$157	$1104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4808	$27069

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Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$571
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$570
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$572
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$509
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$514
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$526
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$712
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$1152
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$1156
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$1153
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$504
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$491
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$494
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$515
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$1022
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$492
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$551
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$810
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1269
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$498
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$491
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$497
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$531
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$863
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$1017
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$865
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$498
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$996
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$493
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$902
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$775
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$893
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$931
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$858
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$906
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$743
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$771
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$964

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1122
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$895
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$2154
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1062
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1821
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2346
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$2066
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2260
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2449
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$2031
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$910
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$3089
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2274
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$546
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2207
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1946
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1962
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1761