Djibouti City vs Port Louis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Port Louis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$831
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2032
🏠 One person rent	$249	$357
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$625
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$315
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$64.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$645
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	35 km
🎓 Higher education	8	27
😀 Quality of life	41	66
🏙️ Population	604K	149K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 29% less expensive than in Port Louis. Cities ranked 7941st and 6542nd ($586 vs $831) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Djibouti and Mauritius, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Mauritius comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.8 months in Port Louis. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Port Louis ranked 2nd in Mauritius, while ranked 7664th and 4910th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Port Louis

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	Djibouti City	Port Louis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$6.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$3.07
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$392
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$504
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$31.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$49.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$28.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$1178
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$1153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$28.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$26.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$8.67
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$6.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$10.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$6.16
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$6.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$5.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$29.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$6.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$10.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$76.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$160
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$4881

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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 Port Louis

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bambous	$774
14 km or 8.7 mi	Triolet	$834
17 km or 10 mi	Curepipe	$842
21 km or 13 mi	Goodlands	$822
23 km or 14 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
33 km or 21 mi	Mahebourg	$812
210 km or 130 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
212 km or 132 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
214 km or 133 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
228 km or 142 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
237 km or 148 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
241 km or 149 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
241 km or 150 mi	La Possession	$1561
246 km or 153 mi	Le Port	$1590
248 km or 154 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
250 km or 156 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
256 km or 159 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
880 km or 546 mi	Toamasina	$476
1054 km or 655 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1094 km or 680 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1471 km or 914 mi	Toliara	$453
1543 km or 959 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1639 km or 1018 mi	Domoni	$1207
1742 km or 1083 mi	Victoria	$1585
1789 km or 1111 mi	Moroni	$1207
1895 km or 1178 mi	Nacala	$1168
1974 km or 1227 mi	Pemba	$1511
2011 km or 1249 mi	Nampula	$935
2180 km or 1355 mi	Quelimane	$692
2365 km or 1470 mi	Beira	$996
2368 km or 1472 mi	Mulanje	$461
2404 km or 1494 mi	Zomba	$458
2426 km or 1508 mi	Blantyre	$506
2441 km or 1517 mi	Mangochi	$496
2463 km or 1530 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
2490 km or 1548 mi	Ntcheu	$493
2491 km or 1548 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
2504 km or 1556 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
2515 km or 1563 mi	Zanzibar	$609