Djibouti City vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$2615
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$6248
🏠 One person rent	$249	$1599
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$2836
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$653
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$3894
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	94
😀 Quality of life	41	94
🏙️ Population	604K	664K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 78% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 7941st and 689th ($586 vs $2615) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Djibouti and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Djibouti vs the Netherlands 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 Rotterdam. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 7664th and 67th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Rotterdam

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	Djibouti City	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$91.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$7.86
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$4.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$1583
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$1310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$2846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$2421
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$57.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$4426
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$4.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$2.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$4.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$3.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$5.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$131
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$2107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$13809

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$2228
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2222
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$2087
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2718
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2589
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2414
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$2238
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$3118
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2568
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2374
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2256
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$2230
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$2178
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1639
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$2089
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1818
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2318
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1804
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1860
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$2359
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1696
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$2168
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1512
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671