Djibouti City vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Djibouti City	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$571	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1421	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$245	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$452	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$219	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.2	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$424	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	8	78
😀 Quality of life	20	66
🏙️ Population	604K	12.6M

The cost of living in Djibouti City is 12% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 8002nd and 8544th ($571 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th in Djibouti and China, respectively. Check Djibouti vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Djibouti City compared to 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Djibouti City ranked 1st best city to live in Djibouti vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 8841st and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Djibouti City vs Zhengzhou

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	Djibouti City	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.94	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.04	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.65	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$238	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$331	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.8	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.2	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1448	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$930	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.48	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.5	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.21	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.04	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.74	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.14	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.32	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.84	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.08	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.56	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$66.2	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4050	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591