Djibouti City vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$245	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$1355
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	8	84
😀 Quality of life	20	81
🏙️ Population	604K	3.03M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 36% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 8002nd and 6071st ($571 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Djibouti and Taiwan, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 8841st and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Taichung

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	Djibouti City	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$18658

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$540
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$542
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$518
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$507
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$503
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$660
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$764
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$718
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$496
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$482
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$486
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$838
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$481
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$546
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$662
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$487
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$482
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$486
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$520
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$897
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$937
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$488
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$886
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$484
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$910
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$654
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$902
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$1006
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$905
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$706
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$1003

Cities near Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671