Djibouti City vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$1002
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2658
🏠 One person rent	$249	$370
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$420
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$80.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$1313
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	8	80
😀 Quality of life	41	85
🏙️ Population	604K	2.73M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 42% less expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 7941st and 5567th ($586 vs $1002) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Djibouti and Taiwan, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Kaohsiung ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 7664th and 461st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Kaohsiung

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	Djibouti City	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$3.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$739
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$47.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$72.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$28.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	2.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$4822
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$3194
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$14.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$8.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$3.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$8.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$7.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$4.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$4.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$5.12
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$9.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$71.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$446
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$12260

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Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$560
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$559
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$522
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$517
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$694
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$1169
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$1175
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$512
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$499
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$500
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$1039
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$498
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$560
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$826
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$498
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$498
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$499
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$533
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$1016
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$860
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$500
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$1031
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$500
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$911
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$802
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$903
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$971
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$918
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$724
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$829
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$964

Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$894
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$854
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$914
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$894
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$894
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$914
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$1006
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$695
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$993
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$868
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$802
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$901
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1135
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$615
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$707
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$621
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$1030
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$634
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$589
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$454
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$628
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$451
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$579
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$697
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$628
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$669
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$616
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$671
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$941
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$700
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$415
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$766
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$753
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$608
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$600