Djibouti City vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$427
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1000
🏠 One person rent	$249	$175
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$282
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$148
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$57.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$85.4
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	8	69
😀 Quality of life	41	48
🏙️ Population	604K	11.1M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 37% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 7941st and 8922nd ($586 vs $427) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 0.2 months in Lahore. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Lahore ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 7664th and 6783rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Djibouti City	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$2.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$16.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$3.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$107
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$71.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$79
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	17.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$622
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$525
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$5.24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$5.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$5.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$0.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$0.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$1.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$0.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$4.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$3.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$65.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$36.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$1207

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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 Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$380
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$316
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$302
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$363
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$311
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$320
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$291
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$337
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$303
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$333
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$372
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$284
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$350
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$421
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$351
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$376
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$277
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$294
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$347
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$357
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$373
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$443
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$362
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$270
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$340
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$344
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$265
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$262
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$403
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$330
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$285
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$364
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$248
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$354
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$388
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$334