Djibouti City vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$245	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$4771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	8	99
😀 Quality of life	20	93
🏙️ Population	604K	3.9M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 82% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 8002nd and 80th ($571 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 71st in Djibouti and the United States, respectively. Check Djibouti vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 8841st and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Los Angeles

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	Djibouti City	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919