Male vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Male	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1284	$523
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2919	$1314
🏠 One person rent	$835	$223
🏘️ Family rent	$1638	$444
🍽️ Food expenses	$324	$193
🚐 Transport expenses	$35.8	$59.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1041	$376
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	7	35
😀 Quality of life	63	23
🏙️ Population	133K	2.96M

The cost of living in Male is 145% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 4218th and 8335th ($1284 vs $523) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Maldives and Yemen, respectively. Check Maldives vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Male compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Male ranked 1st best city to live in Maldives vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 4858th and 8884th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Male vs Sanaa

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	Male	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.5	$2.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.9	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$1.82
☕ Cappuccino	$2.63	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$843	$235
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$141
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1667	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1337	$318
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.5	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$106	$26.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.63%	10.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2469	$1660
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1990	$857
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.66	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.3	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$5.02
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.47	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.72	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.07	$6.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$0.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.26	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$7.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.12	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.34	$3.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.75	$3.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.5	$21.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.24	$4.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.31	$4.28
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.3	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$56.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$141	$84.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3438	$2959

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Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1207
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$347
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$295
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$255
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$284
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$348
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$391
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$358
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$304
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$507
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$302
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$462
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$345
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$406
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$465
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$469
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$325
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$309
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$391
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$341
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$358
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$409
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$337
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$533
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$327
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$319
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$320
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$357
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$321
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$328
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$424
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$523
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$379
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$585
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$326
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$399
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$417
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$339

Cities near Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$467
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$470
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$489
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$481
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$466
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$467
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$490
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$1047
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$486
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$923
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$522
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$551
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$920
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$524
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$467
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$524
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$468
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$938
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$800
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$498
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$466
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$602
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$466
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$815
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$820
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$702
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$705
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$676
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$885
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$1032
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$1061
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$883
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1100
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1361
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$923
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$959
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1642
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$844
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$840