Rabat vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rabat	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$705	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1992	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$302	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$795	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$267	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.1	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$653	$374
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	40	56
😀 Quality of life	63	57
🏙️ Population	573K	2.42M

The cost of living in Rabat is 0.1% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 6866th and 6861st ($705 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 25th in Morocco and Brazil, respectively. Check Morocco vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Rabat compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Rabat ranked 1st best city to live in Morocco vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 4758th and 5641st 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	$4.29	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.59	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$355	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$215	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.7	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.5	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.8	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1598	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$934	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.2	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.26	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.4	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.81	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.18	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.95	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.9	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.08	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.89	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$26.8	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.72	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.9	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.15	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.4	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$140	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5394	$10392

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Cities near Rabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2 mi	Sale	$536
13 km or 8.1 mi	Temara	$619
34 km or 21 mi	Kenitra	$558
63 km or 39 mi	Mohammedia	$652
87 km or 54 mi	Casablanca	$850
120 km or 74 mi	Meknes	$486
127 km or 79 mi	Khouribga	$435
169 km or 105 mi	Fez	$533
177 km or 110 mi	El Jadida	$502
193 km or 120 mi	Beni Mellal	$448
217 km or 135 mi	Tangier	$679
218 km or 135 mi	Tetouan	$517
248 km or 154 mi	Tarifa	$1196
250 km or 155 mi	Ceuta	$1141
265 km or 165 mi	Algeciras	$889
269 km or 167 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
271 km or 169 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
273 km or 170 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
273 km or 170 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
283 km or 176 mi	Cadiz	$1359
287 km or 178 mi	Marrakesh	$687
292 km or 181 mi	Rota	$1358
295 km or 184 mi	Safi	$489
304 km or 189 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
309 km or 192 mi	Estepona	$1395
317 km or 197 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
328 km or 204 mi	Marbella	$2040
337 km or 210 mi	Ronda	$893
344 km or 214 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
346 km or 215 mi	Olhao	$1291
347 km or 216 mi	Faro	$1263
349 km or 217 mi	Mijas	$1353
353 km or 219 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
353 km or 219 mi	Tavira	$1373
359 km or 223 mi	Huelva	$1081
361 km or 224 mi	Almonte	$1165
361 km or 225 mi	Moguer	$1124
363 km or 226 mi	Loule	$1415
364 km or 226 mi	Albufeira	$1950
371 km or 231 mi	Malaga	$1430

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677