Djibouti City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$245	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	8	96
😀 Quality of life	20	74
🏙️ Population	604K	13.1M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 54% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8002nd and 4359th ($571 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and Russia, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 8841st and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Moscow

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	Djibouti City	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592