Djibouti City vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Djibouti City	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$590	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1446	$1114
🏠 One person rent	$246	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$408	$298
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.8	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$246	$146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	8	33
😀 Quality of life	43	26
🏙️ Population	604K	5.33M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 17% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 8069th and 8650th ($590 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Djibouti and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Afghanistan 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 Kabul. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 7471st and 8929th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Kabul

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	Djibouti City	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.29	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.3	$8.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.38	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$83.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$429	$223
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.5	$49.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12%	12.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1416	$664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.47	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$14.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.86	$6.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$5.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$2.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.17	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.1	$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$2.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.2	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.71	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.6	$17.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$45.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$20.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5247	$1302

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Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$564
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$563
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$521
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$497
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$509
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$682
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$1045
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$1050
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$488
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$478
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$931
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$476
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$532
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$748
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$481
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$475
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$484
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$513
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$800
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$923
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$864
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$483
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$910
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$477
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$871
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$746
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$873
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$947
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$890
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$745
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$753
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$976

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469