Djibouti City vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$2447
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$5689
🏠 One person rent	$249	$1439
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$2480
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$674
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$3017
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	8	78
😀 Quality of life	41	87
🏙️ Population	604K	936K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 76% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 7941st and 950th ($586 vs $2447) 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 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 7664th and 351st 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	$4.12	$24.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$81.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$18.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$9.82
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$4.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$2.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$1526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$1189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$2738
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$153
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$232
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	5.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$14293
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$9538
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$1.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$72.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$2.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$2.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$21.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$3.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$3.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$3.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$91.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$99.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$143
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$23696

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$987
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1072
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$837
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1998
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1021
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1732
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2347
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1947
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2142
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2064
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$915
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2303
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1937
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$807
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2937
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2153
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$548
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2108
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1855
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1879
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1850