Djibouti City vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Djibouti City	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$601	$1311
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1462	$2822
🏠 One person rent	$253	$805
🏘️ Family rent	$418	$1397
🍽️ Food expenses	$235	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$51	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$224	$866
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	8	8
😀 Quality of life	41	64
🏙️ Population	604K	133K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 54% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 7928th and 4552nd ($601 vs $1311) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Djibouti and Maldives, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.7 months in Male. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 7834th and 5347th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Male

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	Djibouti City	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.38	$6.02
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.41	$9.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$4.66
☕ Cappuccino	$1.99	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$248	$810
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$620
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$1472
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1144
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$74.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.9	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.4	$72.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.99%	14.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1416	$2247
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$886	$1903
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.3	$32.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.93	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.03	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.89	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.8	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.43	$7.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$6.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$9.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$4.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$4.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.19	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.04	$14.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$3.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.31	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$75.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.73	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.8	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.92	$4.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.9	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.8	$85.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$157	$193
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4808	$3300

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Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$571
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$570
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$572
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$509
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$514
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$526
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$712
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$1152
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$1156
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$1153
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$504
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$491
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$494
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$515
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$1022
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$492
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$551
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$810
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1269
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$498
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$491
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$497
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$531
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$863
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$1017
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$865
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$498
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$996
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$493
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$902
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$775
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$893
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$931
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$858
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$906
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$743
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$771
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$964

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1379
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$348
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$303
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$275
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$251
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$269
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$299
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$387
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$350
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$293
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$609
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$676
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$349
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$627
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$518
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$487
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$414
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$271
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$348
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$316
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$299
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$331
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$447
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$320
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$554
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$344
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$285
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$303
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$285
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$349
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$297
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$389
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$544
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$273
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$523
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$306
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$332
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$335
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327