Djibouti City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$249	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	8	96
😀 Quality of life	41	73
🏙️ Population	604K	13.3M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 59% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7941st and 4141st ($586 vs $1438) 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 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 7664th and 2664th 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	$4.12	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772