Djibouti City vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$249	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$1116
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	8	82
😀 Quality of life	41	71
🏙️ Population	604K	5.65M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 40% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 7941st and 5813th ($586 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Djibouti and Russia, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 7664th and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Saint Petersburg

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	Djibouti City	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566