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Cost of living index > Cheapest cities in Africa by cost of living

2025 - Cheapest Cities In Africa By Cost Of Living

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Top Cheapest cities in Africa to live in 2025

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Rent to salary ratio

Rent/Salary
🏅 1
🇪🇬   Alexandria, Egypt
7.65
0.23
0.67
🥈 2
🇩🇿   Setif, Algeria
8.35
0.41
0.45
🥉 3
🇪🇬   Luxor, Egypt
8.57
0.09
2.27
4
🇪🇬   Port Said, Egypt
8.78
0.16
1.66
5
🇩🇿   Blida, Algeria
9.32
0.43
0.60
6
🇱🇾   Benghazi, Libya
9.60
0.53
0.42
7
🇪🇬   Cairo, Egypt
10.33
0.25
1.05
8
🇩🇿   Oran, Algeria
10.77
0.43
0.50
9
🇩🇿   Algiers, Algeria
10.94
0.50
0.52
10
🇪🇬   Hurghada, Egypt
10.95
0.30
0.88
11
🇩🇿   Constantine, Algeria
11.81
0.39
0.68
12
🇬🇭   Tamale, Ghana
12.73
0.27
0.40
13
🇨🇲   Bamenda, Cameroon
13.35
0.13
1.73
14
13.68
0.11
1.13
15
🇪🇹   Harar, Ethiopia
13.72
0.13
1.13
16
🇳🇬   Kano, Nigeria
13.73
0.25
0.92
17
🇹🇿   Tabora, Tanzania
14.01
0.37
0.50
18
🇱🇸   Maseru, Lesotho
14.27
0.70
0.21
19
🇹🇿   Mbeya, Tanzania
14.43
0.30
0.50
20
🇹🇿   Morogoro, Tanzania
14.82
0.37
0.70
21
🇹🇿   Mwanza, Tanzania
14.88
0.14
1.14
22
🇰🇪   Thika, Kenya
15.13
0.54
0.29
23
🇹🇿   Songea, Tanzania
15.29
0.22
0.95
24
🇰🇪   Meru, Kenya
15.34
0.38
0.37
25
🇬🇭   Kumasi, Ghana
15.35
0.37
0.58
26
🇹🇳   Tunis, Tunisia
15.35
0.36
0.69
27
🇰🇪   Nyeri, Kenya
15.63
0.26
0.35
28
🇧🇮   Bujumbura, Burundi
15.66
0.63
0.22
29
🇰🇪   Nakuru, Kenya
15.73
0.45
0.37
30
🇸🇴   Mogadishu, Somalia
15.76
0.41
0.56
31
🇿🇲   Chingola, Zambia
15.89
0.08
2.49
32
🇲🇦   Meknes, Morocco
15.92
0.42
0.46
33
🇰🇪   Eldoret, Kenya
16.01
0.42
0.29
34
🇰🇪   Ruiru, Kenya
16.15
0.38
0.29
35
🇹🇿   Iringa, Tanzania
16.24
0.37
0.58
36
🇲🇿   Chimoio, Mozambique
16.68
0.31
0.70
37
🇰🇪   Naivasha, Kenya
16.72
0.46
0.24
38
🇰🇪   Kisumu, Kenya
16.98
0.80
0.17
39
🇰🇪   Mombasa, Kenya
17.04
0.33
0.48
40
🇨🇲   Yaoundé, Cameroon
17.10
0.36
0.65
41
🇲🇦   Agadir, Morocco
17.13
0.35
0.50
42
🇬🇭   Accra, Ghana
17.30
0.17
1.05
43
🇪🇹   Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
17.33
0.19
1.25
44
🇹🇿   Arusha, Tanzania
18.10
0.24
0.85
45
🇧🇼   Gaborone, Botswana
18.45
0.35
0.55
46
🇲🇼   Lilongwe, Malawi
18.48
0.27
0.45
47
🇲🇿   Nampula, Mozambique
18.55
0.23
0.88
48
🇲🇿   Beira, Mozambique
18.62
0.32
0.63
49
🇹🇿   Dodoma, Tanzania
19.01
0.26
0.82
50
🇹🇬   Lomé, Togo
19.05
0.45
0.59
51
🇿🇲   Ndola, Zambia
19.09
0.45
0.40
52
🇳🇬   Ibadan, Nigeria
19.18
0.10
4.23
53
🇪🇹   Mekele, Ethiopia
19.33
0.25
1.56
54
🇰🇪   Nairobi, Kenya
19.44
0.34
0.53
55
🇷🇼   Kigali, Rwanda
19.47
0.21
1.56
56
🇸🇩   Omdurman, Sudan
19.68
0.13
1.55
57
🇲🇦   Tangier, Morocco
19.78
0.33
0.71
58
🇿🇲   Livingstone, Zambia
20.28
0.42
0.60
59
20.55
0.44
0.44
60
🇿🇲   Kitwe, Zambia
20.56
0.42
0.76
61
🇪🇹   Hawassa, Ethiopia
20.66
0.13
1.58
62
🇹🇿   Moshi, Tanzania
20.69
0.08
3.41
63
🇿🇲   Lusaka, Zambia
20.75
0.26
0.66
64
🇺🇬   Kampala, Uganda
20.85
0.16
1.44
65
🇿🇲   Kabwe, Zambia
21.18
0.16
1.22
66
🇬🇼   Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
21.31
0.86
0.28
67
🇨🇮   Bouake, Ivory Coast
21.32
0.24
1.04
68
🇦🇴   Benguela, Angola
21.44
3.10
0.08
69
🇧🇯   Cotonou, Benin
21.44
0.08
3.76
70
21.91
0.46
0.58
71
🇳🇦   Windhoek, Namibia
22.09
0.60
0.47
72
🇲🇦   Casablanca, Morocco
22.49
0.37
0.70
73
🇹🇿   Tanga, Tanzania
22.52
0.19
2.15
74
🇸🇩   Khartoum, Sudan
22.81
0.16
1.52
75
22.82
0.28
1.03
76
🇨🇲   Bafoussam, Cameroon
22.93
0.30
0.51
77
🇲🇷   Nouakchott, Mauritania
22.98
0.53
0.44
78
🇦🇴   N'dalatando, Angola
23.05
0.30
1.00
79
🇨🇻   Praia, Cabo Verde
23.46
0.13
1.96
80
🇪🇹   Jimma, Ethiopia
23.47
0.14
0.97
81
🇦🇴   Luanda, Angola
23.90
1.05
0.27
82
🇳🇬   Lagos, Nigeria
24.02
0.13
2.91
83
🇿🇦   Durban, South Africa
24.88
0.72
0.44
84
🇿🇼   Harare, Zimbabwe
25.32
0.27
0.82
85
🇳🇬   Port Harcourt, Nigeria
25.46
0.06
8.17
86
25.85
0.69
0.31
87
🇲🇿   Matola, Mozambique
25.91
0.21
1.39
88
🇪🇹   Adama, Ethiopia
26.07
0.13
2.22
89
🇸🇳   Dakar, Senegal
26.13
0.23
1.22
90
🇲🇿   Maputo, Mozambique
26.36
0.21
1.18
91
🇲🇺   Port Louis, Mauritius
26.43
0.34
0.80
92
🇿🇦   Gqeberha, South Africa
26.70
0.63
0.52
93
🇳🇪   Niamey, Niger
26.84
0.19
1.97
94
26.89
1.00
0.28
95
🇿🇦   Pretoria, South Africa
26.89
0.99
0.32
96
🇨🇮   Abidjan, Ivory Coast
27.20
0.13
2.30
97
🇹🇩   N'Djamena, Chad
27.57
0.21
1.18
98
28.98
0.83
0.40
99
🇱🇷   Monrovia, Liberia
29.72
0.41
0.48
100
🇬🇳   Conakry, Guinea
29.98
1.06
0.30
101
🇬🇦   Libreville, Gabon
30.83
0.21
1.50
102
30.86
0.29
1.28
103
🇪🇹   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
31.81
0.11
2.98
104
🇦🇴   Cabinda, Angola
33.04
0.13
3.08
105
34.00
0.34
0.73
106
🇪🇷   Asmara, Eritrea
34.60
0.55
0.40
107
🇰🇲   Moroni, Comoros
34.76
0.28
1.14
108
🇨🇲   Douala, Cameroon
36.22
0.07
4.62
109
🇲🇱   Bamako, Mali
37.06
0.11
3.81
110
🇸🇱   Freetown, Sierra Leone
40.81
0.75
0.60
111
41.27
0.14
2.47
112
🇳🇬   Abuja, Nigeria
42.04
0.11
4.63
113
47.41
0.16
2.95
114
🇩🇯   Djibouti, Djibouti
63.49
1.41
0.33
115
73.07
0.08
6.72
116
🇸🇸   Juba, South Sudan
88.53
0.24
2.17

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