Djibouti City vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$249	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$1477
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	8	74
😀 Quality of life	41	83
🏙️ Population	604K	1.87M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 34% less expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 7941st and 6262nd ($586 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th in Djibouti and Taiwan, respectively. Check Djibouti vs Taiwan 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 Tainan. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 7664th and 549th 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	$4.12	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$6518

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$914
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$894
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$854
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$894
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$914
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$1006
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$695
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$993
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$868
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$942
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$901
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$802
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1135
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$615
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1313
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$707
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1030
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$634
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$628
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$454
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$451
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$697
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$579
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$628
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$669
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$616
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$671
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$941
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$700
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$753
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$766
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$600
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$608
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$696