Djibouti City vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$249	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$132
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	8	63
😀 Quality of life	41	54
🏙️ Population	604K	14.9M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 36% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 7941st and 8915th ($586 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Djibouti and Pakistan, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Pakistan 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 Karachi. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 7664th and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Karachi

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	Djibouti City	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$1491

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558