Reykjavik vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Reykjavik	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3268	$560
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6787	$1331
🏠 One person rent	$2025	$242
🏘️ Family rent	$3029	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$894	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$62.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4361	$112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	52	35
😀 Quality of life	91	38
🏙️ Population	140K	2.96M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 484% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 88th and 8195th ($3268 vs $560) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Iceland and Yemen, respectively. Check Iceland vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Reykjavik compared to 0.2 months in Sanaa. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 191st and 8072nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Reykjavik vs Sanaa

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	Reykjavik	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$27.9	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.5	$20
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$20.5	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$13	$1.91
☕ Cappuccino	$6.12	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.33	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2075	$249
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1851	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3279	$447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2774	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$38.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.4	$58.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.56%	12.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8015	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6578	$1003
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.36	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.4	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$28.3	$5.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.55	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.43	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.58	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$7.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$25	$4.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$41.5	$6.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.35	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.57	$0.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.04	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25.5	$7.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.6	$2.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.86	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.2	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.63	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$88.2	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18	$4.19
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$92.8	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$46	$3.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$144	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$194	$62.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$352	$86.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30378	$3336

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Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242

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