Glasgow vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$560
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1331
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$62.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	94	35
😀 Quality of life	95	38
🏙️ Population	626K	2.96M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 268% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 1833rd and 8195th ($2058 vs $560) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th 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 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 0.2 months in Sanaa. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 52nd and 8072nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Sanaa

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	Glasgow	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$20
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$249
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$38.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$58.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	12.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$1003
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$5.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$4.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$6.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$0.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$7.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$2.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$4.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$3.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$62.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$86.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$3336

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Cities near Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1837
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1797
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1575
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1711
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1630
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1762
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1775
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1522
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1641
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1485
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1480
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1759
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1778
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1484
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1884
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$2021
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1879
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$2205
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1963
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1906
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1825
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1805
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1780
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1797
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1507
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$2079
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1602
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1761
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1551
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1840
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1839
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1429

Cities near Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$498
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$500
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$512
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$499
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$498
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$522
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$860
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$517
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$911
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$560
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$586
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$903
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$499
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$559
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$500
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$918
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$826
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$533
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$498
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$502
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$500
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$694
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$1039
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$1169
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$1175
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$1016
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$1162
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$971
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1155
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$964
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1627
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$817
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$1031