Djibouti City vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$249	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$235
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	8	49
😀 Quality of life	41	56
🏙️ Population	604K	1.57M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 6% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 7941st and 8247th ($586 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 41st in Djibouti and Iran, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 7664th and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Shiraz

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	Djibouti City	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$2133

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$530
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$503
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$529
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$477
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$463
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$530
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$453
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$483
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$470
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$545
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$501
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$459
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$873
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$730
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$930
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$549
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1237
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1008
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1230
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1201
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$908
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$530
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1770
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$889
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$719