Djibouti City vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Djibouti City	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$590	$1036
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1446	$2352
🏠 One person rent	$246	$518
🏘️ Family rent	$408	$691
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$50.8	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$246	$1734
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	8	16
😀 Quality of life	43	57
🏙️ Population	604K	886K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 43% less expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 8069th and 5290th ($590 vs $1036) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Djibouti and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.7 months in Tabuk. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7471st and 6204th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Tabuk

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	Djibouti City	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.29	$6.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.3	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.38	$7.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.71	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$239	$496
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$163	$364
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$429	$604
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$510
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.5	$59.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$66.5	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.4	$68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12%	5.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1416	$1579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.47	$2.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.86	$24.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$6.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.29	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.17	$6.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.1	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.16	$3.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.7	$21.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.2	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.71	$3.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.6	$28.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$168	$663
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5247	$8604

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$818
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$429
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$2054
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$856
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$919
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$686
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$334
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$338
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$742
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$2014
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1933
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$771
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1810
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$2038
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$2060
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1149
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$977
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$2145
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$753
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$2133
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1032
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$862
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1205
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$538
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$2305
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$2201
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2465
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2354
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$2336
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2487
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$288
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2587