Luanda vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Luanda	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1116	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2855	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$563	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$897	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$318	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.2	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$4008
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	19	99
😀 Quality of life	61	100
🏙️ Population	2.49M	5.45M

The cost of living in Luanda is 58% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 4912th and 649th ($1116 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Angola and Australia, respectively. Check Angola vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.5 months in Luanda compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Luanda ranked 1st best city to live in Angola vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 5762nd and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luanda vs Sydney

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	Luanda	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.83	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.7	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.75	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.65	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1095	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.8	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.7	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$134	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.9%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10342	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$905	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.3	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.23	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.35	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.15	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.68	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.58	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.95	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.8	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.49	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.4	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$138	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$182	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$822	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19860	$19140

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710