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2026 - Cities With The Cheapest Utilities In Africa

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Top Cities with the cheapest utilities in Africa 2026

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Ranking

Indicators

#

Place

Cities

African ranking

Utility costs

US Dollars, $

Rent to salary ratio

Rent/Salary

Utility costs index

Most cheapest first
🏅 1
🇳🇬   Kano, Nigeria
11.81
0.92
6.83
🥈 2
🇪🇬   Alexandria, Egypt
11.82
0.67
6.83
🥉 3
🇪🇬   Port Said, Egypt
13.20
1.66
7.63
4
🇱🇾   Benghazi, Libya
13.28
0.42
7.68
5
🇰🇪   Nyeri, Kenya
14.77
0.35
8.54
6
🇪🇬   Cairo, Egypt
19.71
1.05
11.39
7
🇳🇬   Ibadan, Nigeria
19.98
4.23
11.55
8
🇪🇷   Asmara, Eritrea
26.54
0.40
15.34
9
🇳🇬   Abuja, Nigeria
28.63
4.63
16.55
10
🇬🇭   Tamale, Ghana
30.00
0.40
17.34
11
🇹🇿   Tanga, Tanzania
30.08
2.15
17.39
12
🇰🇪   Nairobi, Kenya
30.90
0.53
17.86
13
🇰🇪   Naivasha, Kenya
31.29
0.24
18.09
14
🇲🇦   Agadir, Morocco
31.39
0.50
18.15
15
🇰🇪   Ruiru, Kenya
31.59
0.29
18.26
16
🇰🇪   Eldoret, Kenya
31.92
0.29
18.45
17
🇰🇪   Kisumu, Kenya
32.25
0.17
18.64
18
🇰🇪   Thika, Kenya
32.25
0.29
18.64
19
🇲🇦   Meknes, Morocco
32.71
0.46
18.91
20
🇪🇬   Luxor, Egypt
32.84
2.27
18.98
21
🇰🇪   Nakuru, Kenya
32.99
0.37
19.07
22
🇩🇿   Algiers, Algeria
33.77
0.52
19.52
23
🇩🇿   Blida, Algeria
34.12
0.60
19.72
24
🇰🇪   Meru, Kenya
34.24
0.37
19.79
25
🇿🇲   Chingola, Zambia
35.37
2.49
20.45
26
🇪🇬   Hurghada, Egypt
35.53
0.88
20.54
27
🇩🇿   Oran, Algeria
35.96
0.50
20.78
28
🇲🇿   Matola, Mozambique
36.58
1.39
21.15
29
🇩🇿   Setif, Algeria
36.88
0.45
21.32
30
🇳🇬   Lagos, Nigeria
38.54
2.91
22.28
31
🇹🇿   Songea, Tanzania
39.97
0.95
23.10
32
🇺🇬   Kampala, Uganda
42.64
1.44
24.65
33
🇬🇭   Kumasi, Ghana
43.41
0.58
25.09
34
🇲🇺   Port Louis, Mauritius
44.65
0.80
25.81
35
44.97
0.44
25.99
36
🇳🇬   Port Harcourt, Nigeria
45.08
8.17
26.06
37
🇲🇦   Casablanca, Morocco
46.20
0.70
26.71
38
🇹🇿   Mbeya, Tanzania
47.79
0.50
27.62
39
🇷🇼   Kigali, Rwanda
48.70
1.56
28.15
40
🇦🇴   Benguela, Angola
49.92
0.08
28.86
41
50.00
6.72
28.90
42
🇿🇲   Livingstone, Zambia
50.00
0.60
28.90
43
🇦🇴   N'dalatando, Angola
50.03
1.00
28.92
44
🇹🇿   Tabora, Tanzania
50.08
0.50
28.95
45
🇸🇩   Omdurman, Sudan
53.40
1.55
30.86
46
🇹🇳   Tunis, Tunisia
53.82
0.69
31.11
47
🇬🇭   Accra, Ghana
54.21
1.05
31.34
48
🇸🇩   Khartoum, Sudan
54.38
1.52
31.43
49
🇹🇿   Dodoma, Tanzania
54.46
0.82
31.48
50
🇹🇿   Iringa, Tanzania
54.46
0.58
31.48
51
🇧🇮   Bujumbura, Burundi
54.85
0.22
31.71
52
🇹🇿   Mwanza, Tanzania
54.97
1.14
31.77
53
🇨🇲   Yaoundé, Cameroon
55.52
0.65
32.09
54
🇿🇼   Harare, Zimbabwe
55.56
0.82
32.12
55
🇪🇹   Jimma, Ethiopia
55.75
0.97
32.23
56
56.09
1.13
32.42
57
🇱🇸   Maseru, Lesotho
56.57
0.21
32.70
58
🇬🇳   Conakry, Guinea
56.92
0.30
32.90
59
🇧🇼   Gaborone, Botswana
58.74
0.55
33.95
60
🇲🇿   Chimoio, Mozambique
60.08
0.70
34.73
61
🇰🇪   Mombasa, Kenya
61.42
0.48
35.50
62
🇲🇼   Lilongwe, Malawi
67.55
0.45
39.05
63
🇲🇦   Tangier, Morocco
69.86
0.71
40.38
64
🇪🇹   Harar, Ethiopia
70.00
1.13
40.46
65
🇲🇿   Nampula, Mozambique
70.08
0.88
40.51
66
🇲🇿   Beira, Mozambique
70.08
0.63
40.51
67
75.72
1.03
43.77
68
🇹🇿   Morogoro, Tanzania
76.37
0.70
44.15
69
🇨🇲   Bamenda, Cameroon
77.32
1.73
44.70
70
🇹🇿   Arusha, Tanzania
77.35
0.85
44.71
71
🇿🇲   Kitwe, Zambia
80.00
0.76
46.24
72
80.15
0.31
46.33
73
🇸🇸   Juba, South Sudan
85.15
2.17
49.22
74
89.87
0.40
51.95
75
🇦🇴   Luanda, Angola
90.92
0.27
52.55
76
🇬🇼   Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
91.90
0.28
53.12
77
🇲🇿   Maputo, Mozambique
92.58
1.18
53.51
78
🇿🇲   Lusaka, Zambia
93.47
0.66
54.03
79
🇿🇲   Kabwe, Zambia
93.47
1.22
54.03
80
🇪🇹   Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
94.60
1.25
54.68
81
🇿🇲   Ndola, Zambia
94.68
0.40
54.73
82
🇰🇲   Moroni, Comoros
99.29
1.14
57.39
83
🇳🇦   Windhoek, Namibia
100.74
0.47
58.23
84
106.95
0.58
61.82
85
🇿🇦   Gqeberha, South Africa
109.20
0.52
63.12
86
🇬🇦   Libreville, Gabon
110.43
1.50
63.83
87
110.89
0.28
64.10
88
🇩🇿   Constantine, Algeria
113.24
0.68
65.46
89
🇸🇳   Dakar, Senegal
115.47
1.22
66.75
90
🇦🇴   Cabinda, Angola
119.97
3.08
69.35
91
🇿🇦   Pretoria, South Africa
120.05
0.32
69.39
92
🇿🇦   Durban, South Africa
125.27
0.44
72.41
93
🇹🇿   Moshi, Tanzania
129.81
3.41
75.03
94
🇨🇻   Praia, Cabo Verde
133.07
1.96
76.92
95
🇸🇴   Mogadishu, Somalia
133.25
0.56
77.02
96
🇲🇷   Nouakchott, Mauritania
135.95
0.44
78.59
97
🇨🇲   Bafoussam, Cameroon
142.82
0.51
82.55
98
🇹🇬   Lomé, Togo
146.70
0.59
84.80
99
🇸🇱   Freetown, Sierra Leone
149.42
0.60
86.37
100
🇪🇹   Hawassa, Ethiopia
152.48
1.58
88.14
101
🇲🇱   Bamako, Mali
156.14
3.81
90.25
102
🇪🇹   Adama, Ethiopia
157.54
2.22
91.06
103
🇨🇲   Douala, Cameroon
159.12
4.62
91.98
104
🇨🇮   Bouake, Ivory Coast
162.80
1.04
94.10
105
🇪🇹   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
167.33
2.98
96.72
106
🇨🇮   Abidjan, Ivory Coast
183.45
2.30
106.04
107
🇳🇪   Niamey, Niger
206.84
1.97
119.56
108
🇧🇯   Cotonou, Benin
227.05
3.76
131.24
109
🇹🇩   N'Djamena, Chad
227.05
1.18
131.24
110
🇱🇷   Monrovia, Liberia
254.61
0.48
147.17
111
305.90
0.73
176.82
112
🇪🇹   Mekele, Ethiopia
310.50
1.56
179.48
113
373.09
2.47
215.66
114
382.00
1.28
220.81
115
🇩🇯   Djibouti, Djibouti
677.51
0.33
391.62
116
832.76
2.95
481.36

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