Djibouti City vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$245	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	8	30
😀 Quality of life	20	14
🏙️ Population	604K	4.27M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 20% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 8002nd and 8769th ($571 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Djibouti and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 8841st and 9071st 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	$3.94	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$1356

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476