Djibouti City vs Kano - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Kano
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$1362
🏠 One person rent	$245	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$429
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$92.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$154
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	24
😀 Quality of life	20	13
🏙️ Population	604K	4.35M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 3% more expensive than in Kano. Cities ranked 8002nd and 8204th ($571 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 27th in Djibouti and Nigeria, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Nigeria 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 Kano. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Kano ranked 12th in Nigeria, while ranked 8841st and 9094th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Djibouti City vs Kano infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/djibouti-city/kano.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Djibouti City vs Kano infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/djibouti-city/kano" target="_blank">Djibouti City vs Kano - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Djibouti City vs Kano

Prices for goods and services in Djibouti City and Kano are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Djibouti City	Kano
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$2.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$7.78
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$4.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$372
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$134
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$283
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$11.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$18
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	21.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$1825
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$1308
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$25.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$8.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$2.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$2.09
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$1.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$4.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$3.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$4.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$2.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$1.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$1.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$0.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$3.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$3.33
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$1.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$12
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$52.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$35.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$1380

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

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 Kano

Distance	City	Cost of living
137 km or 85 mi	Zaria	$526
148 km or 92 mi	Katsina	$579
202 km or 125 mi	Kaduna	$371
202 km or 126 mi	Gusau	$587
206 km or 128 mi	Zinder	$974
227 km or 141 mi	Maradi	$972
233 km or 145 mi	Jos	$820
237 km or 147 mi	Bauchi	$759
341 km or 212 mi	Minna	$743
346 km or 215 mi	Abuja	$1502
375 km or 233 mi	Sokoto	$426
376 km or 234 mi	Damaturu	$553
504 km or 313 mi	Maiduguri	$609
553 km or 344 mi	Mubi	$665
583 km or 362 mi	Ilorin	$535
607 km or 377 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
612 km or 380 mi	Garoua	$556
625 km or 388 mi	Owo	$651
628 km or 390 mi	Enugu	$462
639 km or 397 mi	Osogbo	$695
641 km or 399 mi	Akure	$634
653 km or 406 mi	Maroua	$533
664 km or 413 mi	Awka	$805
664 km or 413 mi	Ife	$779
676 km or 420 mi	Onitsha	$972
683 km or 424 mi	Oyo	$677
692 km or 430 mi	Bol	$485
698 km or 434 mi	Bamenda	$553
708 km or 440 mi	Benin	$558
711 km or 442 mi	N'Djamena	$523
715 km or 444 mi	Niamey	$1019
718 km or 446 mi	Ibadan	$776
728 km or 452 mi	Umuahia	$883
743 km or 461 mi	Owerri	$1611
756 km or 470 mi	Bafoussam	$555
761 km or 473 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
772 km or 480 mi	Bongor	$486
776 km or 482 mi	Aba	$621
782 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
782 km or 486 mi	Warri	$881