Djibouti City vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$942
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$249	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$646
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$360
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$1051
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	8	93
😀 Quality of life	41	84
🏙️ Population	604K	2.33M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 38% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 7941st and 5995th ($586 vs $942) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 1.1 months in Taoyuan. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Taoyuan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 7664th and 482nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Taoyuan

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	Djibouti City	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$5.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$1.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$665
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$58.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$18.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	1.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$8216
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$5253
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$9.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$2.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$9.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$6.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$7.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$2.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$34.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$9.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$553
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$14970

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$868
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$993
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1135
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1313
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$695
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$802
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$1030
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$1006
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$914
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$894
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$914
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$634
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$894
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$854
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$628
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$628
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$621
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$615
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$901
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$707
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$700
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$753
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$677
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$616
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$696
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$697
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$666
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$600
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$454
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$589
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$586
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$672
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$604
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$451