Isfahan vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$211	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$401
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	66	35
😀 Quality of life	48	35
🏙️ Population	1.96M	2.96M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 4% less expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 8454th and 8272nd ($523 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 1st in Iran and Yemen, respectively. Check Iran vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 6375th and 7504th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Isfahan vs Sanaa infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/isfahan/sanaa.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Isfahan vs Sanaa infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/isfahan/sanaa" target="_blank">Isfahan vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Isfahan vs Sanaa

Prices for goods and services in Isfahan and Sanaa are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Isfahan	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$2809

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688

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