Djibouti City vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$3260
🏠 One person rent	$245	$675
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$1427
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$2298
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	8	46
😀 Quality of life	20	74
🏙️ Population	604K	298K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 55% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 8002nd and 4263rd ($571 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and Bahrain, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.8 months in Manama. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 8841st and 1311th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Manama

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	Djibouti City	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$6.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$9.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$5.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$715
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$512
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$1691
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$1155
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$80.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	8.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$2589
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$2299
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$34.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$36.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$9.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$7.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$3.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$6.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$78.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$43.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$90
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$377
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$9896

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1243
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1223
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$1068
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1056
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$897
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$1709
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$901
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$1779
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$551
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$546
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$547
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$557
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$589
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1637
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$548
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$563
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$736
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2379
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$536
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1494
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2240
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$529
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$547
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$904
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1844
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1239
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$597
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514