Djibouti City vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$466
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1207
🏠 One person rent	$249	$186
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$296
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$35.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$223
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	8	55
😀 Quality of life	41	62
🏙️ Population	604K	2.11M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 26% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 7941st and 8825th ($586 vs $466) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 48th 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 7th in Indonesia, while ranked 7664th and 5663rd 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	$4.12	$1.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$10.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$3.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$172
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$86.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$156
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$48.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$75.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$32.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	9.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$1333
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$604
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$9.61
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$2.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$6.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$6.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$1.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$0.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$22.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$3.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$10637

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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 Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$460
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$449
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$552
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$563
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$754
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$701
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$657
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$554
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$704
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$592
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$681
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$509
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$789
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$609
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$584
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$570
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$643
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$519
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$592
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$689
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$503
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$771
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$1014
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$773
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$854
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$788
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$552
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534