Luanda vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Luanda	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1116	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2855	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$563	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$897	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$318	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.2	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$391
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	19	56
😀 Quality of life	61	62
🏙️ Population	2.49M	2.42M

The cost of living in Luanda is 41% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 4912th and 6702nd ($1116 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Angola and Brazil, respectively. Check Angola vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.5 months in Luanda compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Luanda ranked 1st best city to live in Angola vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 5762nd and 5621st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luanda vs Salvador

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	Luanda	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.83	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.7	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.75	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.65	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1095	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.8	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.7	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$134	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.9%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10342	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$905	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.3	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.23	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.35	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.68	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.58	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.49	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.4	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$138	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$182	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$822	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19860	$13462

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Cities near Luanda

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Ambriz	$946
184 km or 114 mi	N'zeto	$853
333 km or 207 mi	Boma	$871
337 km or 209 mi	Matadi	$893
383 km or 238 mi	Cabinda	$706
393 km or 244 mi	Lobito	$684
413 km or 257 mi	Benguela	$719
438 km or 272 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$864
475 km or 295 mi	Pointe-Noire	$585
515 km or 320 mi	Huambo	$606
519 km or 323 mi	Kayes	$536
522 km or 324 mi	Madingou	$536
527 km or 327 mi	Kinkala	$538
551 km or 343 mi	Kinshasa	$1148
556 km or 346 mi	Brazzaville	$595
747 km or 464 mi	Kikwit	$928
769 km or 478 mi	Gamboma	$536
801 km or 497 mi	Luena	$682
876 km or 544 mi	Tshikapa	$993
994 km or 618 mi	Oshikango	$807
1029 km or 639 mi	Port-Gentil	$660
1067 km or 663 mi	Kananga	$1029
1108 km or 689 mi	Libreville	$708
1137 km or 707 mi	Mbandaka	$836
1143 km or 710 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$897
1182 km or 734 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1059
1205 km or 749 mi	Gandajika	$885
1248 km or 776 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
1250 km or 776 mi	Bata	$1241
1250 km or 777 mi	Trindade	$1044
1254 km or 779 mi	Tsumeb	$819
1344 km or 835 mi	Otjiwarongo	$836
1356 km or 843 mi	Kolwezi	$1045
1425 km or 885 mi	Yaounde	$671
1429 km or 888 mi	Omaruru	$924
1484 km or 922 mi	Berberati	$494
1485 km or 923 mi	Malabo	$1413
1486 km or 923 mi	Douala	$1363
1497 km or 930 mi	Limbe	$755
1498 km or 931 mi	Likasi	$1032

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699