Djibouti City vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Djibouti City	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$586	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$249	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$413	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$227	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.7	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$233	$832
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	8	8
😀 Quality of life	41	63
🏙️ Population	604K	24.7K

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 63% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7941st and 3601st ($586 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Djibouti and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Djibouti vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Djibouti City compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 7664th and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Victoria

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	Djibouti City	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.12	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$23.1	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.92	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.68	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$167	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$447	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$294	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.2	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.1	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.94%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1488	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.1	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.46	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.9	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.94	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.05	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.1	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.28	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.9	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.75	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.5	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.29	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.5	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.4	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4170	$8213

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420