Djibouti City vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$3361
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$7751
🏠 One person rent	$249	$2151
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$3720
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$750
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$245
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$4549
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	8	99
😀 Quality of life	41	94
🏙️ Population	604K	3.9M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 83% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 7941st and 65th ($586 vs $3361) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st 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 1.4 months in Los Angeles. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Los Angeles ranked 14th in the United States, while ranked 7664th and 74th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Djibouti City	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$22.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$90.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$13.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$8.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$6.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$2.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$2364
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$1847
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$4128
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$3274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$69.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$7753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$6833
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$81.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$3.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$7.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$15.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$5.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$4.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$4.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$9.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$5.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$68.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$168
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$31.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$62
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$1849
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$26874

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2786
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2780
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2722
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2940
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2952
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2764
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3132
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3036
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2762
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3656
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2947
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2917
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2807
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2822
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3002
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3706
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3288
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2650
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2856
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3119
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2855
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2794
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2731
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3004
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2810
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3122
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3008
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2725
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2682
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3595
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2788
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2927