Djibouti City vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1981
🏠 One person rent	$249	$415
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$718
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$73.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$976
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	8	29
😀 Quality of life	41	49
🏙️ Population	604K	6.17M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 24% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 7941st and 6772nd ($586 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 30th in Djibouti and China, respectively. Check Djibouti vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.3 months in Maoming. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Maoming ranked 141st in China, while ranked 7664th and 6717th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Maoming

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	Djibouti City	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$3.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$480
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$27.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$42.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$4664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$2843
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$23.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$2.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$5.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$5.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$3.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$31.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$9.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$41.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$424
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$16634

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$780
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$892
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$726
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$816
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$652
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$677
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$827
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$809
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$693
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$590
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$829
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$518
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$579
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$589
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1746
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$662
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$598
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$758
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$552
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$766
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$777
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$662
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$574
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$878
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2414
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$568
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$765
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$551
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$608
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$559
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$546
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$758
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$818
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$574
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$562
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$766
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$941