Sanaa vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Sanaa	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$546	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1370	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$239	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$485	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.5	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$401	$861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	8
😀 Quality of life	35	59
🏙️ Population	2.96M	24.7K

The cost of living in Sanaa is 63% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8272nd and 3454th ($546 vs $1495) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Yemen and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Yemen vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Sanaa compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Sanaa ranked 1st best city to live in Yemen vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 7504th and 5404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Sanaa vs Victoria

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	Sanaa	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.85	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.7	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$246	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$157	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$587	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.2	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.47%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1713	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$985	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.5	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.49	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.47	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.55	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.09	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.81	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.06	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.78	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.7	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.89	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.3	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.7	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$79.4	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2809	$8298

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408