Sanaa vs Soweto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sanaa	Soweto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$546	$923
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1370	$1686
🏠 One person rent	$239	$540
🏘️ Family rent	$485	$553
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.5	$88.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$401	$1598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	29 km
🎓 Higher education	35	63
😀 Quality of life	35	38
🏙️ Population	2.96M	1.27M

The cost of living in Sanaa is 41% less expensive than in Soweto. Cities ranked 8272nd and 5917th ($546 vs $923) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Yemen and South Africa, respectively. Check Yemen vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Sanaa compared to 1.7 months in Soweto. Sanaa ranked 1st best city to live in Yemen vs Soweto ranked 10th in South Africa, while ranked 7504th and 7204th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Sanaa vs Soweto infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/sanaa/soweto.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Sanaa vs Soweto infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/sanaa/soweto" target="_blank">Sanaa vs Soweto - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Sanaa vs Soweto

Prices for goods and services in Sanaa and Soweto are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Sanaa	Soweto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.85	$6.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.7	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$3.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$827
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$157	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$64.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26	$33.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.47%	11.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1713	$850
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$985	$691
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$31
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.49	$8.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$2.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$6.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.09	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$2.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$2.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$0.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$5.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.7	$21.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.89	$3
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.3	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.7	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.4	$200
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2809	$3805

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Soweto

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Johannesburg	$993
24 km or 15 mi	Randburg	$837
26 km or 16 mi	Sandton	$953
46 km or 28 mi	Vereeniging	$672
46 km or 29 mi	Benoni	$785
48 km or 30 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
56 km or 34 mi	Centurion	$807
58 km or 36 mi	Springs	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Pretoria	$906
73 km or 45 mi	Brits	$820
91 km or 56 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
92 km or 57 mi	Rustenburg	$889
137 km or 85 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
159 km or 99 mi	Bethal	$784
166 km or 103 mi	Kroonstad	$768
170 km or 106 mi	Middelburg	$795
222 km or 138 mi	Welkom	$748
228 km or 142 mi	Mmabatho	$780
249 km or 155 mi	Lobatse	$665
266 km or 165 mi	Gaborone	$691
282 km or 175 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
290 km or 180 mi	Kanye	$664
315 km or 196 mi	Molepolole	$628
321 km or 199 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
329 km or 204 mi	Mbabane	$562
335 km or 208 mi	Vryheid	$763
341 km or 212 mi	Maseru	$621
350 km or 217 mi	Manzini	$442
354 km or 220 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
367 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
399 km or 248 mi	Mafeteng	$567
412 km or 256 mi	Kimberley	$814
420 km or 261 mi	Palapye	$540
446 km or 277 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
447 km or 278 mi	Serowe	$583
461 km or 286 mi	Matola	$964
472 km or 293 mi	Maputo	$1068
506 km or 314 mi	Durban	$809
567 km or 353 mi	Francistown	$624
595 km or 370 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003