Sanaa vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Sanaa	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$550	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1377	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$241	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$486	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.9	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	8
😀 Quality of life	19	58
🏙️ Population	2.96M	24.7K

The cost of living in Sanaa is 65% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8269th and 3466th ($550 vs $1552) 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 0.5 months in Victoria. Sanaa ranked 1st best city to live in Yemen vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 8890th and 5469th 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	$2.8	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.2	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.46	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.9	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$160	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$591	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$356	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.9	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.4	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.1	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.91%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1730	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$908	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.31	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.1	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.5	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.44	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.46	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.97	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.96	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.5	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.11	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.4	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.7	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$80.1	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2963	$8081

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Cities near Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$491
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$491
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$504
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$489
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$488
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$514
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$934
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$509
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$915
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$553
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$584
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$895
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$492
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$554
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$491
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$895
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$686
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$524
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$490
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$527
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$491
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$684
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$814
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$671
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$626
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$946
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$940
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$988
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1123
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1096
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1586
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$806
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$810

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482