Djibouti City vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Djibouti City	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$590	$446
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1446	$1030
🏠 One person rent	$246	$182
🏘️ Family rent	$408	$297
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.8	$43.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$246	$147
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	8	69
😀 Quality of life	43	51
🏙️ Population	604K	2.1M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 32% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 8069th and 8874th ($590 vs $446) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Djibouti and Pakistan, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.3 months in Rawalpindi. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Rawalpindi ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 7471st and 6631st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Djibouti City	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.29	$1.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.3	$16.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.38	$5.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$2	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$178
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$73.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$429	$325
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$134
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$69
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.5	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12%	22.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1416	$1159
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$511
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.47	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$9.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.86	$3.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$6.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$3.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$4.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.15
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$0.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$16.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.17	$1.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.1	$0.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$1.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$11.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$4.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.2	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.71	$2.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.6	$16.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$43.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5247	$806

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Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$564
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$563
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$521
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$497
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$509
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$682
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$1045
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$1050
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$488
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$478
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$931
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$476
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$532
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$748
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$481
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$475
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$484
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$513
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$800
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$923
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$864
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$483
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$910
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$477
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$871
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$746
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$873
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$947
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$890
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$745
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$753
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$976

Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$496
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$371
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$280
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$373
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$253
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$373
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$335
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$394
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$321
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$344
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$391
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$382
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$313
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$286
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$309
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$393
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$332
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$359
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$450
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$381
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$306
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$379
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$339
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$397
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$371
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$438
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$340
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$346
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$456
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$504
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$401
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$350
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$391
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$440
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$447
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$379
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$252