Djibouti City vs Kuwait City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Kuwait City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$1393
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$3599
🏠 One person rent	$245	$698
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$1494
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$207
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$2507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	8	43
😀 Quality of life	20	75
🏙️ Population	604K	2.99M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 59% less expensive than in Kuwait City. Cities ranked 8002nd and 3893rd ($571 vs $1393) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and Kuwait, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Kuwait comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.8 months in Kuwait City. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Kuwait City ranked 1st in Kuwait, while ranked 8841st and 1114th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Kuwait City

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	Djibouti City	Kuwait City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$9.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$8.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$3.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$5.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$597
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$1716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$1333
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$39.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$24
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	7.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$6776
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$2989
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$4.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$5.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$3.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$6.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$3.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$3.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$119
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$37.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$86.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$6378

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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 Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$736
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$547
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$904
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$597
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$536
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$551
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$683
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$562
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$901
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$546
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$525
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$582
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$897
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$583
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$577
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$557
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$529
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$1056
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$626
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$1068
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$467
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1280
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1243
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1223
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$589
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$570
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$587
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$554
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$563
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$513
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$502