Djibouti City vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$249	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	8	73
😀 Quality of life	41	80
🏙️ Population	604K	7.01M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 64% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7941st and 3418th ($586 vs $1627) 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 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7664th and 759th 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	$4.12	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$9818

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463