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Cost of living index > Most expensive cities in Africa by cost of living

2025 - Most Expensive Cities In Africa By Cost Of Living

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Top Most expensive cities in Africa to live in 2025

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Rent to salary ratio

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

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