Djibouti City vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$2114
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$5127
🏠 One person rent	$245	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$2310
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$2561
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	8	78
😀 Quality of life	20	85
🏙️ Population	604K	936K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 73% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 8002nd and 1551st ($571 vs $2114) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Djibouti and Israel, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 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 8841st and 374th 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	$3.94	$22.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$8.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$980
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$2752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$1903
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$209
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$27.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$13235
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$8778
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$1.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$2.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$3.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$9.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$89.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$92.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$878
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$17799

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$540
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$542
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$518
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$507
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$503
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$660
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$764
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$718
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$496
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$482
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$486
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$838
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$481
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$546
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$662
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$487
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$482
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$486
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$520
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$897
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$937
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$488
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$886
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$484
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$910
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$654
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$902
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$1006
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$905
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$706
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$1003

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$905
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$996
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$762
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$813
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1556
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2123
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1811
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1931
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1884
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$877
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2156
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1834
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$761
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2145
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1931
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$552
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1902
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1680
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1511