Djibouti City vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$249	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$931
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	8	100
😀 Quality of life	41	77
🏙️ Population	604K	24.9M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 48% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 7941st and 4879th ($586 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Djibouti and China, respectively. Check Djibouti vs China 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 Shanghai. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 7664th and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Shanghai

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	Djibouti City	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$27624

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753