Djibouti City vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$1072
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$249	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$690
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	8	56
😀 Quality of life	41	44
🏙️ Population	604K	43.9K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 45% less expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 7941st and 5084th ($586 vs $1072) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Djibouti and the Palestine, respectively. Check Djibouti vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Ramallah ranked 5th in the Palestine, while ranked 7664th and 7218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Ramallah

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	Djibouti City	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$52.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$93.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$1229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$1006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$83.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$2.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$3.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$8.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$9.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$4130

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850