Rome vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rome	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1718	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4113	$1370
🏠 One person rent	$929	$239
🏘️ Family rent	$1682	$485
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1842	$401
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	92	35
😀 Quality of life	86	35
🏙️ Population	2.75M	2.96M

The cost of living in Rome is 215% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 2624th and 8272nd ($1718 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Italy and Yemen, respectively. Check Italy vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Rome compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Rome ranked 1st best city to live in Italy vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 337th and 7504th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rome vs Sanaa

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	Rome	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.5	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$18.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.2	$1.89
☕ Cappuccino	$1.67	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1049	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$701	$157
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2124	$587
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1286	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$57.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.16%	12.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7056	$1713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3427	$985
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.57	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36.6	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$5.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.87	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.71	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.06	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16	$6.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$6.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$0.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.12	$8.09
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.92	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.06	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.17	$2.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.88	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.83	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.4	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$12.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.1	$25.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.5	$59.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$502	$79.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9864	$2809

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Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201

Cities near Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$481
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$486
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$496
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$482
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$482
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$507
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$937
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$503
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$910
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$571
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$902
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$486
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$542
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$484
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$905
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$662
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$520
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$487
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$518
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$488
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$660
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$838
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$764
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$718
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$897
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$979
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$1006
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1146
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1637
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$809
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$886