Djibouti City vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$812
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$245	$360
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$637
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$57
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$508
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	8	27
😀 Quality of life	20	62
🏙️ Population	604K	149K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 30% less expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 8002nd and 6387th ($571 vs $812) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and Mauritius, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.6 months in Port Louis. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Port Louis ranked 1st in Mauritius, while ranked 8841st and 4802nd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Djibouti City	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$5.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$39.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$2.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$542
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$33.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$1157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$1131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$27.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.96
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$6.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$9.38
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$6.11
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$6.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$27.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$5.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$22.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$8.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$65.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$3884

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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 Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$808
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$712
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$796
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$785
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1371
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1400
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$447
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$389
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1100
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1495
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1105
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1150
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1506
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$872
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$675
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$1003
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$457
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$507
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$493
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$492
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$552