Paris vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$401
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	99	35
😀 Quality of life	95	35
🏙️ Population	2.15M	2.96M

The cost of living in Paris is 315% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 1222nd and 8272nd ($2267 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in France and Yemen, respectively. Check France vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 25th and 7504th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Sanaa

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	Paris	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$2809

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293

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