Victoria vs Windhoek - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Victoria	Windhoek
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$1040
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3633	$2420
🏠 One person rent	$905	$515
🏘️ Family rent	$1518	$867
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$366
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.1	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$961	$289
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	8	30
😀 Quality of life	49	53
🏙️ Population	24.7K	486K

The cost of living in Victoria is 57% more expensive than in Windhoek. Cities ranked 3452nd and 5257th ($1637 vs $1040) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Seychelles and Namibia, respectively. Check the Seychelles vs Namibia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Victoria compared to 0.3 months in Windhoek. Victoria ranked 1st best city to live in the Seychelles vs Windhoek ranked 1st in Namibia, while ranked 6808th and 6487th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Victoria	Windhoek
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.6	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.3	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$5.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.24	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$6.01	$2.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$899	$501
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$694	$352
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1586	$892
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1239	$636
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72	$85.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$97.8	$48.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.05%	11.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$443	$1629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1134	$619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.9	$49.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$30.2	$8.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.56
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.88	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$3.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$8.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.67	$6.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$7.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.18	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.75	$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$7.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.97	$1.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.7	$3.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$2.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$2.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.85	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$76.3	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.93	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$69	$33.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$8.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.4	$56.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.9	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$213
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8750	$5490

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Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1196
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1196
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$745
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$511
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$563
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$810
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$819
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$802
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$747
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$611
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$871
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$546
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$533
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1584
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1615
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1167
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$417
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$540
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$682
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$543
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$415

Cities near Windhoek

Distance	City	Cost of living
83 km or 52 mi	Rehoboth	$945
173 km or 108 mi	Omaruru	$982
194 km or 120 mi	Gobabis	$998
238 km or 148 mi	Otjiwarongo	$925
246 km or 153 mi	Mariental	$991
262 km or 163 mi	Swakopmund	$834
268 km or 166 mi	Walvis Bay	$893
375 km or 233 mi	Tsumeb	$890
589 km or 366 mi	Oshikango	$891
776 km or 482 mi	Upington	$796
882 km or 548 mi	Molepolole	$663
883 km or 548 mi	Kanye	$691
921 km or 572 mi	Lobatse	$691
928 km or 577 mi	Gaborone	$723
940 km or 584 mi	Mmabatho	$903
990 km or 615 mi	Serowe	$590
999 km or 621 mi	Mahalapye	$615
1030 km or 640 mi	Kimberley	$904
1032 km or 641 mi	Palapye	$549
1056 km or 656 mi	Livingstone	$813
1079 km or 670 mi	Klerksdorp	$860
1086 km or 675 mi	Rustenburg	$994
1087 km or 675 mi	Francistown	$632
1099 km or 683 mi	Huambo	$554
1112 km or 691 mi	Potchefstroom	$789
1136 km or 706 mi	Brits	$950
1140 km or 708 mi	Welkom	$811
1166 km or 724 mi	Soweto	$1031
1167 km or 725 mi	Bloemfontein	$742
1167 km or 725 mi	Kroonstad	$872
1173 km or 729 mi	Randburg	$912
1178 km or 732 mi	Sandton	$1104
1179 km or 733 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$867
1180 km or 733 mi	Benguela	$631
1180 km or 733 mi	Pretoria	$1015
1180 km or 734 mi	Johannesburg	$1204
1184 km or 735 mi	Centurion	$997
1187 km or 738 mi	Vereeniging	$742
1196 km or 743 mi	Lobito	$610
1207 km or 750 mi	Benoni	$851