Victoria vs Yaounde - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Victoria	Yaounde
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1585	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3464	$1691
🏠 One person rent	$924	$212
🏘️ Family rent	$1552	$325
🍽️ Food expenses	$493	$317
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.3	$65.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$832	$119
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	8	25
😀 Quality of life	63	39
🏙️ Population	24.7K	2.44M

The cost of living in Victoria is 136% more expensive than in Yaounde. Cities ranked 3601st and 7283rd ($1585 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in the Seychelles and Cameroon, respectively. Check the Seychelles vs Cameroon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Victoria compared to 0.2 months in Yaounde. Victoria ranked 1st best city to live in the Seychelles vs Yaounde ranked 2nd in Cameroon, while ranked 5581st and 7830th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Victoria vs Yaounde

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	Victoria	Yaounde
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$5.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.8	$52.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$1.25
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$2.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.28	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$818	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$676	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1449	$205
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1250	$192
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.7	$50.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$126	$76.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$137	$53.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	9.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$447	$882
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1146	$616
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.74	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.5	$17.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.9	$4.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.39	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$2.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.81	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.86	$6.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$5.92
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$4.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.54	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.37	$8.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.62	$1.29
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.3	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.94	$2.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.04	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.75	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$92.8	$24.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$8.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$64.9	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$8.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.7	$18.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.1	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$153	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8213	$1806

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Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420

Cities near Yaounde

Distance	City	Cost of living
203 km or 126 mi	Douala	$1363
217 km or 135 mi	Bafoussam	$793
245 km or 152 mi	Kumba	$849
256 km or 159 mi	Buea	$665
256 km or 159 mi	Limbe	$755
275 km or 171 mi	Bamenda	$698
297 km or 185 mi	Bata	$1241
305 km or 189 mi	Malabo	$1413
374 km or 233 mi	Calabar	$397
448 km or 278 mi	Ngaoundere	$571
449 km or 279 mi	Libreville	$708
475 km or 295 mi	Berberati	$494
481 km or 299 mi	Aba	$674
484 km or 301 mi	Umuahia	$961
511 km or 317 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
529 km or 329 mi	Owerri	$1774
530 km or 329 mi	Enugu	$563
558 km or 346 mi	Awka	$878
584 km or 363 mi	Onitsha	$1051
593 km or 368 mi	Port-Gentil	$660
640 km or 398 mi	Garoua	$621
660 km or 410 mi	Sao Tome	$1046
665 km or 413 mi	Warri	$926
669 km or 415 mi	Trindade	$1044
709 km or 440 mi	Benin	$632
729 km or 453 mi	Abuja	$1514
735 km or 457 mi	Jos	$810
738 km or 459 mi	Mubi	$644
741 km or 461 mi	Bauchi	$781
748 km or 465 mi	Gamboma	$536
754 km or 468 mi	Owo	$664
783 km or 487 mi	Bangui	$526
795 km or 494 mi	Akure	$644
809 km or 503 mi	Maroua	$596
813 km or 505 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
831 km or 516 mi	Bongor	$505
842 km or 523 mi	Minna	$852
862 km or 535 mi	Mbandaka	$836
867 km or 539 mi	Kaduna	$393
867 km or 539 mi	Ife	$778