Djibouti vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost of Living Summary

Djibouti is 95.6% more expensive than Equatorial Guinea overall.

Restaurants
pay 63.0% more in Djibouti
Groceries
pay 40.0% more in Djibouti
Transportation
pay 25.7% more in Djibouti
Housing
pay 2.1 times more in Djibouti
Childcare
pay 25.8 times more in Djibouti
Entertainment and Sports
pay 78.2% more in Djibouti

The cost of childcare, housing, entertainment and sports, restaurants, groceries, and transportation in Djibouti are more expensive than in Equatorial Guinea. Notably, childcare, housing, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Djibouti.

Djibouti vs. Equatorial Guinea Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Djibouti instead of Equatorial Guinea, you would:

pay 63.0% more for restaurants

 
Equatorial Guinea
Djibouti
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $8.54
FCFA4,999
$9.83
DJF1,748
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$8.54
FCFA4,999
$15.45
DJF2,748
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.85
FCFA500
$1.90
DJF337

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pay 40.0% more for groceries

 
Equatorial Guinea
Djibouti
Bread
1 loaf
?? $9.27
DJF1,649
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.37
FCFA1,973
$4.78
DJF850
Milk (1 gallon) $10.34
FCFA6,056
$10.63
DJF1,891

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pay 25.7% more for transportation

 
Equatorial Guinea
Djibouti
Gasoline (1 gallon) ?? $8.56
DJF1,522
Monthly public transit pass $26.40
FCFA15,461
$42.53
DJF7,564
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $33,056.06
FCFA19M
$33,798.22
DJF6M

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pay 2.1 times more for housing

 
Equatorial Guinea
Djibouti
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
?? $58.99
DJF10,491
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area ?? $674.13
DJF120K
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $223.95
FCFA131K
$477.51
DJF84,924

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pay 25.8 times more for childcare

 
Equatorial Guinea
Djibouti
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $335.22
DJF59,619
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $341.40
FCFA200K
$8,794.47
DJF2M

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pay 78.2% more for entertainment and sports

 
Equatorial Guinea
Djibouti
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.71
FCFA1,000
$7.02
DJF1,249
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.69
FCFA2,749
$3.37
DJF599
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$4.52
FCFA2,648
$1.97
DJF350

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Equatorial Guinea
Djibouti
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
?? $42.13
DJF7,493
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
?? $19.66
DJF3,497
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
?? $123.59
DJF21,980

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