Djibouti City vs Muscat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Muscat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$1081
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2496
🏠 One person rent	$249	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$333
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$1722
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	8	43
😀 Quality of life	41	75
🏙️ Population	604K	1.42M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 46% less expensive than in Muscat. Cities ranked 7941st and 5037th ($586 vs $1081) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and Oman, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Oman comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.6 months in Muscat. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Muscat ranked 1st in Oman, while ranked 7664th and 1796th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Muscat

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	Djibouti City	Muscat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$5.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$26.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$7.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$4.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$555
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1015
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$641
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$66.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$68.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	5.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$1488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$1333
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$65.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$9.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$3.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$5.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$9.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$3.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$6.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$5.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$5.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$4.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$50.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$8.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$83.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$197
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$11063

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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 Muscat

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Seeb	$1078
132 km or 82 mi	Nizwa	$792
277 km or 172 mi	Chabahar	$573
284 km or 177 mi	Fujairah	$1228
297 km or 184 mi	Al Ain	$1449
356 km or 221 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
372 km or 231 mi	Ajman	$2521
375 km or 233 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
377 km or 235 mi	Sharjah	$1419
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2514
439 km or 273 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
451 km or 280 mi	Iranshahr	$624
463 km or 288 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
503 km or 313 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
569 km or 354 mi	Jiroft	$568
611 km or 380 mi	Bam	$557
691 km or 429 mi	Zahedan	$808
711 km or 442 mi	Sirjan	$534
739 km or 459 mi	Doha	$1849
740 km or 460 mi	Jahrom	$530
752 km or 467 mi	Al Khor	$1770
757 km or 470 mi	Kerman	$761
770 km or 479 mi	Fasa	$529
797 km or 495 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
858 km or 533 mi	Riffa	$1201
858 km or 533 mi	Manama	$1237
860 km or 534 mi	Isa Town	$1230
865 km or 537 mi	Karachi	$430
870 km or 541 mi	Salalah	$817
873 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558
898 km or 558 mi	Shiraz	$553
901 km or 560 mi	Dhahran	$908
902 km or 561 mi	Marvdasht	$530
911 km or 566 mi	Dammam	$1008
926 km or 575 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
938 km or 583 mi	Qatif	$873
960 km or 596 mi	Kazerun	$503
966 km or 600 mi	Borazjan	$477
973 km or 604 mi	Jubail	$930
976 km or 606 mi	Bushehr	$453