Djibouti City vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Djibouti City	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$551	$567
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1372	$1181
🏠 One person rent	$235	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$434	$383
🍽️ Food expenses	$212	$168
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.1	$88.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$403	$175
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	8	29
😀 Quality of life	23	21
🏙️ Population	604K	4.27M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 3% less expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 8114th and 7972nd ($551 vs $567) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.3 months in Kabul. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 8873rd and 8953rd 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	$3.67	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.2	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$1.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.64	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$231	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$153	$114
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$482	$295
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$311	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$51.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.4	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.03%	14.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1410	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$838	$259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.44	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.9	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.95	$8.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$0.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.65	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$3.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.94	$6.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$0.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.27	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.61	$9.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.88	$2.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.8	$11.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.44	$2.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.5	$13.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.52	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.5	$14.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.8	$41.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$22.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3861	$1370

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Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$522
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$524
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$524
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$602
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$490
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$486
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$815
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$702
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$705
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$676
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$481
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$466
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$470
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$489
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$820
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$467
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$523
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$800
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$923
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$466
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$467
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$467
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$498
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$883
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$885
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$1047
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$466
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$840
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$468
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$923
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$871
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$920
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$1061
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$959
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$938
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$805
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$857
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$819
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$1361

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$449
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$347
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$455
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$352
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$307
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$445
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$335
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$311
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$238
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$389
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$446
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$330
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$638
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$278
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$513
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$364
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$344
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$281
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$337
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$303
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$289
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$277
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$393
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$313
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$307
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$260
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$240
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$328
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$298
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$268
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$484