Djibouti City vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$401
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$1010
🏠 One person rent	$245	$150
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$42.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$170
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	8	68
😀 Quality of life	20	46
🏙️ Population	604K	2.1M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 42% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 8002nd and 8953rd ($571 vs $401) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Djibouti and Pakistan, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Rawalpindi ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 8841st and 6500th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Rawalpindi

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	Djibouti City	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$1.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$58
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$169
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$63.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$97.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	19.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$9.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$6.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$4.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$0.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$0.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$12.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$2.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$10.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$1075

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272