Johannesburg vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$550
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$1377
🏠 One person rent	$487	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$486
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$60.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$406
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	72	35
😀 Quality of life	58	19
🏙️ Population	4.43M	2.96M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 96% more expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 5069th and 8269th ($1079 vs $550) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in South Africa and Yemen, respectively. Check South Africa vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 5446th and 8890th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Sanaa

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	Johannesburg	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$2.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$591
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$356
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$36.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	12.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$1730
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$908
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$11.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$5.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$6.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$6.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$7.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$4.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$4
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$60.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$80.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$2963

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$997
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$874
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$971
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$822
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$696
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$838
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$909
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$717
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$848
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$943
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$819
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$841
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$774
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$809
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$692
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$718
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$690
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$623
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$791
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$654
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$459
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$627
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$663
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$581
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$554
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$859
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$1003
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$600
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1116
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$834
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$585
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045

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