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Djibouti vs. United Arab Emirates Cost of Living Summary

Djibouti is 39.9% more expensive than United Arab Emirates overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.1 times more in Djibouti
Groceries: pay 91.2% more in Djibouti
Transportation: pay 2.3 times more in Djibouti
Housing: pay 32.6% more in Djibouti
Childcare: pay 12.5% less in Djibouti
Entertainment and Sports: pay 30.4% less in Djibouti
Clothing: pay 35.3% less in Djibouti

The cost of transportation, restaurants, groceries, and housing in Djibouti are more expensive than in United Arab Emirates. Expenses including clothing, entertainment and sports, and childcare are lower in Djibouti. Notably, transportation, restaurants, and groceries are significantly more expensive in Djibouti.

Djibouti vs. United Arab Emirates Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Djibouti instead of United Arab Emirates, you would:

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pay 2.1 times more for restaurants

	United Arab Emirates	Djibouti
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$7.91 AED29.06	$9.82 DJF1,744	+24.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.65 AED31.75	$12.63 DJF2,243	+46.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.04 AED3.83	$1.89 DJF336	+81.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.50 AED1.85	$1.87 DJF332	+271.2%
Average			+105.8%

United Arab Emirates vs. Djibouti - Cost of restaurants

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pay 91.2% more for groceries

	United Arab Emirates	Djibouti
Bread 1 loaf	$1.47 AED5.39	$9.26 DJF1,645	+531.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.36 AED19.68	$4.78 DJF849	-10.8%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.96 AED25.56	$9.56 DJF1,698	+37.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.81 AED10.34	$6.85 DJF1,216	+143.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.68 AED13.51	$8.24 DJF1,463	+124.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.98 AED3.59	$1.70 DJF301	+73.5%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.75 AED2.75	$0.55 DJF98	-26.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.73 AED2.69	$1.27 DJF226	+74.1%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.59 AED2.15	$0.72 DJF128	+23.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.48 AED1.76	$0.55 DJF98	+15.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.53 AED1.93	$0.62 DJF110	+17.7%
Average			+91.2%

United Arab Emirates vs. Djibouti - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.3 times more for transportation

	United Arab Emirates	Djibouti
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.91 AED10.69	$6.59 DJF1,170	+126.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$53.10 AED195.00	$21.27 DJF3,776	-60.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$40,680.12 AED149,397.75	$33,800.12 DJF6,001,753	-16.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.50 AED31.21	$47.72 DJF8,473	+461.4%
Average			+127.7%

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pay 32.6% more for housing

	United Arab Emirates	Djibouti
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$101.41 AED372.42	$58.94 DJF10,467	-41.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,438.18 AED5,281.71	$1,431.52 DJF254,189	-0.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$990.79 AED3,638.67	$477.17 DJF84,730	-51.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$122.67 AED450.49	$398.07 DJF70,684	+224.5%
Average			+32.6%

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pay 12.5% less for childcare

	United Arab Emirates	Djibouti
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$497.28 AED1,826.25	$335.12 DJF59,505	-32.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,164.49 AED29,984.10	$8,793.05 DJF1,561,346	+7.7%
Average			-12.5%

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pay 30.4% less for entertainment and sports

	United Arab Emirates	Djibouti
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$10.43 AED38.31	$5.61 DJF997	-46.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.99 AED18.32	$3.65 DJF648	-26.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.23 AED22.88	$2.71 DJF481	-56.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$75.55 AED277.45	$86.08 DJF15,285	+13.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$13.19 AED48.44	$8.42 DJF1,495	-36.2%
Average			-30.4%

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pay 35.3% less for clothing

	United Arab Emirates	Djibouti
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$75.04 AED275.58	$42.10 DJF7,476	-43.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$59.50 AED218.51	$19.65 DJF3,489	-67.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.66 AED388.03	$123.50 DJF21,930	+16.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$106.53 AED391.23	$56.14 DJF9,968	-47.3%
Average			-35.3%

United Arab Emirates vs. Djibouti - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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