Djibouti City vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$245	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$1362
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	8	73
😀 Quality of life	20	81
🏙️ Population	604K	1.87M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 30% less expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 8002nd and 6380th ($571 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th 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 1.7 months in Tainan. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 8841st and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Tainan

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	Djibouti City	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$6108

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$747
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$770
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$788
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$796
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$813
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$894
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$728
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$897
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$821
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$875
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$823
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$731
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1073
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$627
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1181
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$644
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$967
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$625
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$669
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$581
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$451
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$443
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$649
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$569
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$648
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$655
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$603
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$630
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$936
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$681
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$726
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$764
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$601
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$601
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$682