Hiroshima vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hiroshima	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$878	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2328	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$335	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$361	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2704	$401
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	33 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	63	35
😀 Quality of life	88	35
🏙️ Population	1.2M	2.96M

The cost of living in Hiroshima is 61% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 6156th and 8272nd ($878 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 860th and 1st in Japan and Yemen, respectively. Check Japan vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.1 months in Hiroshima compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Hiroshima ranked 8th best city to live in Japan vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 218th and 7504th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hiroshima vs Sanaa

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	Hiroshima	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.03	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.3	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.32	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.15	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$2.92	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$302	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$742	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$533	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.4	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.5	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.26%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1817	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1133	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.02	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.37	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.23	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.38	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.41	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.9	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6826	$2809

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hiroshima

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Kaita	$854
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hatsukaichi	$857
13 km or 8.1 mi	Kumano	$859
18 km or 11 mi	Etajima	$865
18 km or 11 mi	Kure	$886
26 km or 16 mi	Higashihiroshima	$901
27 km or 17 mi	Otake	$874
33 km or 20 mi	Iwakuni	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Akitakata	$897
42 km or 26 mi	Takehara	$903
51 km or 32 mi	Mihara	$906
57 km or 35 mi	Yanai	$890
59 km or 37 mi	Miyoshi	$915
61 km or 38 mi	Imabari	$934
65 km or 40 mi	Masuda	$889
67 km or 41 mi	Hamada	$905
67 km or 41 mi	Hikari	$887
68 km or 42 mi	Matsuyama	$987
68 km or 42 mi	Kudamatsu	$876
69 km or 43 mi	Onomichi	$885
70 km or 44 mi	Shunan	$866
71 km or 44 mi	Masaki	$927
73 km or 45 mi	Gotsu	$912
73 km or 46 mi	Iyo	$928
73 km or 46 mi	Shobara	$921
74 km or 46 mi	Fuchu	$882
76 km or 47 mi	Toon	$937
77 km or 48 mi	Tobe	$934
84 km or 52 mi	Fukuyama	$883
85 km or 53 mi	Saijo	$951
89 km or 55 mi	Niihama	$952
90 km or 56 mi	Hofu	$827
90 km or 56 mi	Oda	$915
93 km or 58 mi	Yamaguchi	$781
95 km or 59 mi	Ibara	$900
97 km or 60 mi	Hagi	$846
97 km or 61 mi	Kasaoka	$896
98 km or 61 mi	Ozu	$934
103 km or 64 mi	Yawatahama	$931
105 km or 65 mi	Asakuchi	$936

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