Paris vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Paris	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2517	$560
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5700	$1331
🏠 One person rent	$1497	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$2629	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$279	$62.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3732	$112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	99	35
😀 Quality of life	97	38
🏙️ Population	2.15M	2.96M

The cost of living in Paris is 350% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 843rd and 8195th ($2517 vs $560) 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 1.5 months in Paris compared to 0.2 months in Sanaa. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 18th and 8072nd 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	$16.9	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.1	$20
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.44	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$5.07	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.06	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1610	$249
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1211	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2936	$447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$38.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$58.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	12.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13420	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9330	$1003
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.89	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.2	$5.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.52	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$7.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$4.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$6.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$0.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.92	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$7.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.5	$2.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.46	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.56	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.54	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$4.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$3.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$112	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$62.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$86.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15084	$3336

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488

Cities near Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$498
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$500
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$512
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$499
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$498
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$522
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$860
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$517
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$911
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$560
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$586
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$903
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$557
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$499
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$559
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$500
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$918
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$826
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$533
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$498
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$502
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$500
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$694
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$1039
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$1169
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$1175
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$1175
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$1016
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$1162
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$971
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$864
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1155
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$964
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1289
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1627
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$817
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$1031