Djibouti City vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$715
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$249	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$67.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	25
😀 Quality of life	41	15
🏙️ Population	604K	2.12M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 18% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7941st and 7013th ($586 vs $715) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Djibouti and Somalia, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.2 months in Mogadishu. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 7664th and 9189th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Djibouti City	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$3.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$4.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$78.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$259
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$143
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$161
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$66.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	8.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$4802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$9000
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$5.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$5.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$4.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$3.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$3.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.19
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$26.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$15
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$51.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$26.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$50.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$575

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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 Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$724
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$548
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$694
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$1169
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$1175
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$549
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$502
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$596
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$1031
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$460
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$420
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$811
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$552
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$559
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$503
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$533
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$586
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$560
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$528
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$802
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$612
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$567
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$1039
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$517
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$543
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$511
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$654
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$623
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$522
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$421
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$512
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1585
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$582
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$499
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$864