Djibouti City vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$3952
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$8290
🏠 One person rent	$249	$2795
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$4452
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$775
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$5915
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	8	87
😀 Quality of life	41	93
🏙️ Population	604K	1.01M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 85% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 7941st and 6th ($586 vs $3952) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Djibouti and the United States, respectively. Check Djibouti vs the United States 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 San Jose, United States. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs San Jose, United States ranked 21st in the United States, while ranked 7664th and 88th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Djibouti City vs San Jose, United States infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/djibouti-city/san-jose-us.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Djibouti City vs San Jose, United States infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/djibouti-city/san-jose-us" target="_blank">Djibouti City vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Djibouti City vs San Jose, United States

Prices for goods and services in Djibouti City and San Jose are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Djibouti City	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$20.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$99.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$9.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$5.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$3.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$2999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$2438
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$4520
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$4008
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$70
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	6.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$10416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$9325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$90.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$5.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$5.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$22.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$6.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$5.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$6.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$4.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$3.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$15.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$176
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$88.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$1874
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$22302

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3424
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3476
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4335
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3356
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3202
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2942
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3426
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3415
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3182
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3765
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3130
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3328
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3133
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3333
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3359
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$3045
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3890
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3719
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3382
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3462
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$2955
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3089
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3748
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3553
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3634
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2826
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3070
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2810
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3756
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2957
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3071
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3317
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2850
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3285
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$3818
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3230
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3255
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2114
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3227
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3254