Djibouti City vs Luanda - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Luanda
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$1116
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2855
🏠 One person rent	$249	$563
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$897
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$318
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$86.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$3956
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	8	19
😀 Quality of life	41	61
🏙️ Population	604K	2.49M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 47% less expensive than in Luanda. Cities ranked 7941st and 4912th ($586 vs $1116) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and Angola, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Angola comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 3.5 months in Luanda. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Luanda ranked 1st in Angola, while ranked 7664th and 5762nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Luanda

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	Djibouti City	Luanda
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$5.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$41.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$7.75
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$594
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1095
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$567
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$90.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$134
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	23.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$10342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$33.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$8.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$5.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$9.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$7.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$6.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$0.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$4.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$47.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$8.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$138
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$182
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$822
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$19860

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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 Luanda

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Ambriz	$946
184 km or 114 mi	N'zeto	$853
333 km or 207 mi	Boma	$871
337 km or 209 mi	Matadi	$893
383 km or 238 mi	Cabinda	$706
393 km or 244 mi	Lobito	$684
413 km or 257 mi	Benguela	$719
438 km or 272 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$864
475 km or 295 mi	Pointe-Noire	$585
515 km or 320 mi	Huambo	$606
519 km or 323 mi	Kayes	$536
522 km or 324 mi	Madingou	$536
527 km or 327 mi	Kinkala	$538
551 km or 343 mi	Kinshasa	$1148
556 km or 346 mi	Brazzaville	$595
747 km or 464 mi	Kikwit	$928
769 km or 478 mi	Gamboma	$536
801 km or 497 mi	Luena	$682
876 km or 544 mi	Tshikapa	$993
994 km or 618 mi	Oshikango	$807
1029 km or 639 mi	Port-Gentil	$660
1067 km or 663 mi	Kananga	$1029
1108 km or 689 mi	Libreville	$708
1137 km or 707 mi	Mbandaka	$836
1143 km or 710 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$897
1182 km or 734 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1059
1205 km or 749 mi	Gandajika	$885
1248 km or 776 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
1250 km or 776 mi	Bata	$1241
1250 km or 777 mi	Trindade	$1044
1254 km or 779 mi	Tsumeb	$819
1344 km or 835 mi	Otjiwarongo	$836
1356 km or 843 mi	Kolwezi	$1045
1425 km or 885 mi	Yaounde	$671
1429 km or 888 mi	Omaruru	$924
1484 km or 922 mi	Berberati	$494
1485 km or 923 mi	Malabo	$1413
1486 km or 923 mi	Douala	$1363
1497 km or 930 mi	Limbe	$755
1498 km or 931 mi	Likasi	$1032