Djibouti City vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Djibouti City	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$590	$949
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1446	$2222
🏠 One person rent	$246	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$408	$767
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.8	$54.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$246	$786
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	8	47
😀 Quality of life	43	67
🏙️ Population	604K	276K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 38% less expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 8069th and 5940th ($590 vs $949) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 7471st and 4806th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

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/sarajevo.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Djibouti City vs Sarajevo infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/djibouti-city/sarajevo" target="_blank">Djibouti City vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Djibouti City vs Sarajevo

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

	Djibouti City	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.29	$8.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.3	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.38	$8.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$2.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$389
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$274
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$429	$700
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$493
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.5	$208
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12%	4.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1416	$3220
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$2356
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.47	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$33.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.86	$9.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$7.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$16.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$8.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.17	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.1	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$34.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$6.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.2	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.71	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.6	$88.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$96.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5247	$3670

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	$564
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$563
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$521
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$497
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$509
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$682
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$1045
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$1050
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$488
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$478
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$931
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$476
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$532
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$748
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$481
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$475
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$484
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$513
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$800
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$923
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$864
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$483
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$910
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$477
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$871
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$746
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$873
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$947
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$890
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$745
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$753
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$976

Cities near Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$594
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$758
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$710
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$667
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$727
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$841
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1119
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1732
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$972
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1661
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$971
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$826
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1265
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1602
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1093
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$930
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1520
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$586
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1053
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1511
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1207
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$733
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$832
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1092
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$1169
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1168
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1349
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$932
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1209
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1078
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$849
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1047
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$581
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$661
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$1189
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1533
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1144
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$718
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$1067
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$848