Rabat vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Rabat	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$790	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$343	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$589	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$61.4	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$389	$391
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	39	56
😀 Quality of life	63	62
🏙️ Population	573K	2.42M

The cost of living in Rabat is 0.1% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6705th and 6702nd ($790 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 17th in Morocco and Brazil, respectively. Check Morocco vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Rabat compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Rabat ranked 4th best city to live in Morocco vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 5559th and 5621st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rabat vs Salvador

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	Rabat	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.4	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.3	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.59	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.53	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.6	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$425	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$779	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$449	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.2	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.54%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1784	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1032	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.2	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.01	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.56	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.95	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.28	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.89	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.64	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.29	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.13	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.25	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.68	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.16	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.1	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.51	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$157	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7282	$13462

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Cities near Rabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2 mi	Sale	$619
13 km or 8.1 mi	Temara	$680
34 km or 21 mi	Kenitra	$604
63 km or 39 mi	Mohammedia	$721
87 km or 54 mi	Casablanca	$936
120 km or 74 mi	Meknes	$578
127 km or 79 mi	Khouribga	$501
169 km or 105 mi	Fez	$610
177 km or 110 mi	El Jadida	$557
193 km or 120 mi	Beni Mellal	$477
217 km or 135 mi	Tangier	$863
218 km or 135 mi	Tetouan	$565
248 km or 154 mi	Tarifa	$1287
250 km or 155 mi	Ceuta	$1312
265 km or 165 mi	Algeciras	$987
269 km or 167 mi	Los Barrios	$1157
271 km or 169 mi	Gibraltar City	$2429
273 km or 170 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1166
273 km or 170 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1268
283 km or 176 mi	Cadiz	$1501
287 km or 178 mi	Marrakesh	$765
292 km or 181 mi	Rota	$1500
295 km or 184 mi	Safi	$548
304 km or 189 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$989
309 km or 192 mi	Estepona	$1666
317 km or 197 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1274
328 km or 204 mi	Marbella	$1924
337 km or 210 mi	Ronda	$980
344 km or 214 mi	Fuengirola	$1489
346 km or 215 mi	Olhao	$1401
347 km or 216 mi	Faro	$1380
349 km or 217 mi	Mijas	$1511
353 km or 219 mi	Benalmadena	$1584
353 km or 219 mi	Tavira	$1504
359 km or 223 mi	Huelva	$1265
361 km or 224 mi	Almonte	$1316
361 km or 225 mi	Moguer	$1298
363 km or 226 mi	Loule	$1512
364 km or 226 mi	Albufeira	$1910
371 km or 231 mi	Malaga	$1617

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