Djibouti City vs Rabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Rabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$790
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1926
🏠 One person rent	$249	$343
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$589
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$61.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$389
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	8	39
😀 Quality of life	41	63
🏙️ Population	604K	573K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 26% less expensive than in Rabat. Cities ranked 7941st and 6705th ($586 vs $790) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Djibouti and Morocco, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Morocco comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.5 months in Rabat. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Rabat ranked 4th in Morocco, while ranked 7664th and 5559th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Djibouti City vs Rabat infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/djibouti-city/rabat.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Djibouti City vs Rabat infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/djibouti-city/rabat" target="_blank">Djibouti City vs Rabat - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Djibouti City vs Rabat

Prices for goods and services in Djibouti City and Rabat are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Djibouti City	Rabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$4.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$46.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$6.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$5.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$425
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$246
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$779
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$449
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$23.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$35.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	4.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$1784
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$1032
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$27.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$8.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.56
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$7.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.68
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$9.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$4.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$5.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$4.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$28
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$7.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$4.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$157
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$7282

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Rabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2 mi	Sale	$619
13 km or 8.1 mi	Temara	$680
34 km or 21 mi	Kenitra	$604
63 km or 39 mi	Mohammedia	$721
87 km or 54 mi	Casablanca	$936
120 km or 74 mi	Meknes	$578
127 km or 79 mi	Khouribga	$501
169 km or 105 mi	Fez	$610
177 km or 110 mi	El Jadida	$557
193 km or 120 mi	Beni Mellal	$477
217 km or 135 mi	Tangier	$863
218 km or 135 mi	Tetouan	$565
248 km or 154 mi	Tarifa	$1287
250 km or 155 mi	Ceuta	$1312
265 km or 165 mi	Algeciras	$987
269 km or 167 mi	Los Barrios	$1157
271 km or 169 mi	Gibraltar City	$2429
273 km or 170 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1166
273 km or 170 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1268
283 km or 176 mi	Cadiz	$1501
287 km or 178 mi	Marrakesh	$765
292 km or 181 mi	Rota	$1500
295 km or 184 mi	Safi	$548
304 km or 189 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$989
309 km or 192 mi	Estepona	$1666
317 km or 197 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1274
328 km or 204 mi	Marbella	$1924
337 km or 210 mi	Ronda	$980
344 km or 214 mi	Fuengirola	$1489
346 km or 215 mi	Olhao	$1401
347 km or 216 mi	Faro	$1380
349 km or 217 mi	Mijas	$1511
353 km or 219 mi	Benalmadena	$1584
353 km or 219 mi	Tavira	$1504
359 km or 223 mi	Huelva	$1265
361 km or 224 mi	Almonte	$1316
361 km or 225 mi	Moguer	$1298
363 km or 226 mi	Loule	$1512
364 km or 226 mi	Albufeira	$1910
371 km or 231 mi	Malaga	$1617