Ramallah vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ramallah	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1072	$560
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$1331
🏠 One person rent	$411	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$690	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$464	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.3	$62.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$112
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	56	35
😀 Quality of life	44	38
🏙️ Population	43.9K	2.96M

The cost of living in Ramallah is 91% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 5084th and 8195th ($1072 vs $560) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the Palestine and Yemen, respectively. Check the Palestine vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Ramallah compared to 0.2 months in Sanaa. Ramallah ranked 5th best city to live in the Palestine vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 7218th and 8072nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ramallah vs Sanaa

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	Ramallah	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.1	$20
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.05	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$418	$249
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$744	$447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.7	$38.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.5	$58.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.3	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.23%	12.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1229	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1006	$1003
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.29	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83.1	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.4	$5.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.21	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.61	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.46	$7.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$4.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$6.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.4	$7.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.55	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.84	$2.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.86	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.22	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.29	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.42	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.6	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.28	$4.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.2	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.19	$3.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.1	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$62.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$86.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4130	$3336

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Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850

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