Djibouti City vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Djibouti City	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$590	$3420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1446	$7800
🏠 One person rent	$246	$2177
🏘️ Family rent	$408	$3742
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$761
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.8	$263
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$246	$4482
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	8	99
😀 Quality of life	43	93
🏙️ Population	604K	3.9M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 83% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 8069th and 62nd ($590 vs $3420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 47th 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 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.3 months in Los Angeles. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Los Angeles ranked 8th in the United States, while ranked 7471st and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Djibouti City	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.29	$22.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.3	$104
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.38	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$8.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2	$6.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$2356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$1856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$429	$4109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$3268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.5	$236
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$69.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12%	6.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1416	$8186
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$7185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.47	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$95.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.86	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$4.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$6.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$5.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$5.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$3.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.17	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.1	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$5.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$2.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$70.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$18.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.2	$164
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.71	$29.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.6	$80.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$1748
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5247	$23685

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Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$564
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$563
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$521
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$497
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$509
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$682
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$1045
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$1050
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$488
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$478
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$931
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$476
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$532
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$748
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$481
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$475
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$484
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$513
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$800
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$923
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$864
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$483
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$910
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$477
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$871
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$746
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$873
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$947
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$890
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$745
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$753
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$976

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2888
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2868
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2786
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$3031
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$3020
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2866
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3184
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3055
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2826
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2867
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3717
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3066
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2880
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2868
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3054
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3802
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3369
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2766
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2922
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3179
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2849
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2793
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3076
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2858
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3243
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3020
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2694
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3654
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2835
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$3000