Djibouti City vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1087
🏠 One person rent	$249	$127
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$214
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$69.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$253
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	8	28
😀 Quality of life	41	51
🏙️ Population	604K	846K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 37% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 7941st and 8921st ($586 vs $427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and Nepal, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.6 months in Kathmandu. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 7664th and 6559th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Kathmandu

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	Djibouti City	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$1.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$6.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.48
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$1.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$158
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$84.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$284
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$19
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$29.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$8.19
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	11.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$1810
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$1154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$6.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$1.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$3.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$21.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$2.68
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$22.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$58.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$75.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$3066

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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 Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$350
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$293
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$328
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$293
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$386
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$298
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$320
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$281
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$316
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$284
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$257
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$297
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$297
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$279
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$273
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$298
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$918
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$276
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$450
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$297
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$311
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$420
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$300
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$297
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$308
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$339
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$289
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$289
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$286
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$369
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$294
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$289
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$287
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$320
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$348