Djibouti City vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Djibouti City	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$590	$1543
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1446	$3341
🏠 One person rent	$246	$990
🏘️ Family rent	$408	$1686
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.8	$98.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$246	$2274
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	8	66
😀 Quality of life	43	86
🏙️ Population	604K	1.25M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 62% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 8069th and 3851st ($590 vs $1543) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Djibouti and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Djibouti vs the United Arab Emirates 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 Sharjah. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 7471st and 367th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Sharjah

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	Djibouti City	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.29	$5.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.3	$32.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.38	$8.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$9.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$672
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$772
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$429	$1207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$1417
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.5	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$100
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12%	4.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1416	$8219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$5942
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.47	$2.03
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$47
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.86	$8.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$6.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.09
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$2.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$8.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.17	$6.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.1	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.2	$47.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.71	$5.59
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.6	$62.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5247	$8199

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2356
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2470
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1173
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1455
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$1082
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$797
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1193
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$2100
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$2015
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$494
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$497
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$526
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$521
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1340
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1062
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1218
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$514
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$530
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$965
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$1059
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$505
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$485
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$778
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$559
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$700
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$457
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$917
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$471
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$454
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$459
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$717
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$517
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$469