Brisbane vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$550
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$1377
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$486
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$60.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$406
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	66	35
😀 Quality of life	97	19
🏙️ Population	2.36M	2.96M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 353% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 781st and 8269th ($2491 vs $550) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Australia and Yemen, respectively. Check Australia vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 15th and 8890th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Sanaa

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	Brisbane	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$2.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$591
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$356
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$36.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	12.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$1730
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$908
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$11.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$5.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$6.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$6.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$0.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$7.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$4.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$4
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$60.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$80.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$2963

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$491
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$491
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$504
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$489
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$488
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$514
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$934
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$509
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$915
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$553
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$584
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$895
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$492
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$554
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$491
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$895
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$686
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$524
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$490
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$527
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$491
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$684
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$814
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$671
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$626
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$946
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$940
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$988
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1123
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1096
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1586
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$806
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$810