Djibouti City vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$249	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	8	53
😀 Quality of life	41	70
🏙️ Population	604K	8.78M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 6% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 7941st and 7641st ($586 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 138th in Djibouti and China, respectively. Check Djibouti vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 7664th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Quanzhou

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	Djibouti City	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$9321

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941