Djibouti City vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$245	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$2923
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	8	91
😀 Quality of life	20	92
🏙️ Population	604K	548K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 72% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 8002nd and 1662nd ($571 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 46th in Djibouti and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Djibouti vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 8841st and 85th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Manchester

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	Djibouti City	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$19551

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681