Glasgow vs Yaounde - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Glasgow	Yaounde
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2058	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4930	$1691
🏠 One person rent	$1155	$212
🏘️ Family rent	$2017	$325
🍽️ Food expenses	$551	$317
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$65.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3074	$119
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	94	25
😀 Quality of life	95	39
🏙️ Population	626K	2.44M

The cost of living in Glasgow is 207% more expensive than in Yaounde. Cities ranked 1833rd and 7283rd ($2058 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 94th and 6th in the United Kingdom and Cameroon, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Cameroon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Glasgow compared to 0.2 months in Yaounde. Glasgow ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Yaounde ranked 2nd in Cameroon, while ranked 52nd and 7830th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Glasgow vs Yaounde

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	Glasgow	Yaounde
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$96.4	$52.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.73	$1.25
☕ Cappuccino	$4.81	$2.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.96	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1172	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$856	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2085	$205
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1575	$192
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$50.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$301	$76.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$53.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.83%	9.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4064	$882
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3045	$616
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.97	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.2	$17.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$4.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$2.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.1	$6.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$5.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$4.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.98	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$8.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.1	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$21.1	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.03	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.61	$2.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.03	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.5	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49	$24.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$8.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.9	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$8.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$118	$18.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1138	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18105	$1806

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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 Yaounde

Distance	City	Cost of living
203 km or 126 mi	Douala	$1363
217 km or 135 mi	Bafoussam	$793
245 km or 152 mi	Kumba	$849
256 km or 159 mi	Buea	$665
256 km or 159 mi	Limbe	$755
275 km or 171 mi	Bamenda	$698
297 km or 185 mi	Bata	$1241
305 km or 189 mi	Malabo	$1413
374 km or 233 mi	Calabar	$397
448 km or 278 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
449 km or 279 mi	Libreville	$708
475 km or 295 mi	Berberati	$494
481 km or 299 mi	Aba	$674
484 km or 301 mi	Umuahia	$961
511 km or 317 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
529 km or 329 mi	Owerri	$1774
530 km or 329 mi	Enugu	$563
558 km or 346 mi	Awka	$878
584 km or 363 mi	Onitsha	$1051
593 km or 368 mi	Port-Gentil	$660
640 km or 398 mi	Garoua	$621
660 km or 410 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
665 km or 413 mi	Warri	$926
669 km or 415 mi	Trindade	$1044
709 km or 440 mi	Benin	$632
729 km or 453 mi	Abuja	$1514
735 km or 457 mi	Jos	$810
738 km or 459 mi	Mubi	$644
741 km or 461 mi	Bauchi	$781
748 km or 465 mi	Gamboma	$536
754 km or 468 mi	Owo	$664
783 km or 487 mi	Bangui	$526
795 km or 494 mi	Akure	$644
809 km or 503 mi	Maroua	$596
813 km or 505 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
831 km or 516 mi	Bongor	$505
842 km or 523 mi	Minna	$852
862 km or 535 mi	Mbandaka	$836
867 km or 539 mi	Kaduna	$393
867 km or 539 mi	Ife	$778