Djibouti City vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Djibouti City	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$590	$453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1446	$1141
🏠 One person rent	$246	$189
🏘️ Family rent	$408	$310
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.8	$32.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$246	$216
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	8	55
😀 Quality of life	43	47
🏙️ Population	604K	2.11M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 30% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 8069th and 8852nd ($590 vs $453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 44th in Djibouti and Indonesia, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Medan ranked 15th in Indonesia, while ranked 7471st and 6943rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Medan

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	Djibouti City	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.29	$1.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.3	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.38	$3.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$2.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$109
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$429	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$196
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.5	$67.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$24
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12%	9.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1416	$1152
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$558
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.47	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$6.85
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.86	$2.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$6.98
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$8.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.17	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.1	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$2.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$0.74
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$0.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$17.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$3.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.2	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.71	$2.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.6	$47.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$96.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5247	$7769

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Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$564
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$563
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$521
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$497
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$509
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$682
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$1045
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$1050
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$488
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$478
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$931
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$476
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$532
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$748
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$481
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$475
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$484
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$513
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$800
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$923
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$864
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$483
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$910
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$477
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$871
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$746
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$873
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$947
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$890
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$745
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$753
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$976

Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$449
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$449
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$459
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$439
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$470
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$429
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$678
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$555
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$530
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$762
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$720
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$677
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$527
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$743
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$747
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$616
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$741
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$545
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$798
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$783
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$992
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$654
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$610
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$592
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$617
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$488
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$588
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$407
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$707
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$806
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$466
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$759
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1010
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$531
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$784
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$836
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$737
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$576
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$550