Djibouti City vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$878
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2307
🏠 One person rent	$249	$456
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$808
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$83.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$969
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	8	96
😀 Quality of life	41	78
🏙️ Population	604K	17.5M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 33% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 7941st and 6334th ($586 vs $878) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th 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 1.1 months in Shenzhen. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 7664th and 1094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Shenzhen

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	Djibouti City	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$3.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$28.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$619
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$350
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1122
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$637
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$40.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$61.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	3.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$12494
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$5776
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$21
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$4.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.24
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$5.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$7.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$34
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$47.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$22402

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2414
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$662
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$662
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1746
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$518
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$608
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$829
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$758
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$589
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$941
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$827
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$766
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$777
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$816
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$892
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$579
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$451
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$589
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$669
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$454
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$809
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$765
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$766
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$780
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$773
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$897
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$750
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$726
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$697
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$693
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$707
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$677
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$901
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$546
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$634