Djibouti City vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$932
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2195
🏠 One person rent	$249	$443
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$741
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$50
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$746
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	8	47
😀 Quality of life	41	66
🏙️ Population	604K	276K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 37% less expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 7941st and 6050th ($586 vs $932) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.8 months in Sarajevo. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 7664th and 5081st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Sarajevo

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	Djibouti City	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$8.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$8.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.8
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$2.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$387
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$272
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$710
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$482
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$189
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$25.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	4.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$3478
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$2305
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$1.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$8.39
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$7.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.48
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$8.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$6.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$90.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$3470

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$618
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$760
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$707
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$669
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$734
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$883
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1610
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$920
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1539
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$858
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1261
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1623
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1107
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$967
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1515
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$617
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1047
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1503
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1195
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$685
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1111
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$1072
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1335
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$918
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1153
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1115
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$819
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1107
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$557
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$665
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$1033
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1322
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1113
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$655
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$965
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$832