Edinburgh vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$401
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	88	35
😀 Quality of life	94	35
🏙️ Population	488K	2.96M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 292% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 1491st and 8272nd ($2140 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Yemen, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 34th and 7504th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Sanaa

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	Edinburgh	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$2809

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

Cities near Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$481
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$486
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$496
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$482
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$482
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$507
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$937
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$503
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$910
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$571
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$902
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$486
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$542
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$484
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$905
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$662
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$520
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$487
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$518
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$488
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$660
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$838
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$764
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$718
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$897
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$979
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$1006
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1146
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1637
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$809
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$886