Sanaa vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sanaa	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$546	$1078
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1370	$2358
🏠 One person rent	$239	$566
🏘️ Family rent	$485	$724
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$282
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.5	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$401	$1728
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	35	15
😀 Quality of life	35	47
🏙️ Population	2.96M	886K

The cost of living in Sanaa is 49% less expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 8272nd and 4967th ($546 vs $1078) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Yemen vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Sanaa compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Sanaa ranked 1st best city to live in Yemen vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7504th and 6450th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Sanaa vs Tabuk

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

	Sanaa	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.85	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.7	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$157	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26	$93.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.47%	4.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1713	$1372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$985	$856
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.49	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$2.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.09	$2.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$6.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$3.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$77
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.7	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.89	$3.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.3	$29.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.7	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.4	$666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2809	$8574

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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$381
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1577
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$793
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$961
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$646
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$342
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$336
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$710
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1716
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1680
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1471
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1684
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1686
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$813
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$762
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1742
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$905
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$781
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1732
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$994
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$640
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$996
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$552
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1837
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1811
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2123
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$1884
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1891
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$272
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028