Djibouti City vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$1077
🏠 One person rent	$245	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$240
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$181
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$62.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$238
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	8	28
😀 Quality of life	20	46
🏙️ Population	604K	846K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 36% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 8002nd and 8918th ($571 vs $419) 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 0.7 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 8841st and 6495th 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	$3.94	$1.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$6.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$2.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$162
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$84.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$173
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$32.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$9.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	12.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$2191
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$1059
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$8.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$5.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$2.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$3.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$23.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$85.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$3409

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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 Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361