Djibouti City vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$245	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	8	72
😀 Quality of life	20	78
🏙️ Population	604K	7.01M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 65% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8002nd and 2911th ($571 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8841st and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Riyadh

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	Djibouti City	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529