Adelaide vs Jeddah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Jeddah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$1210
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$2901
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$583
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$965
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$315
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$1673
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	50	45
😀 Quality of life	92	76
🏙️ Population	1.39M	4.7M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 95% more expensive than in Jeddah. Cities ranked 1178th and 4730th ($2355 vs $1210) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 2nd in Australia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Australia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.4 months in Jeddah. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Jeddah ranked 2nd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 75th and 1324th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Jeddah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$5.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$44.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$7.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$2.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$599
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$415
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1068
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$732
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$62.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$96.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	5.32%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$1601
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$1010
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$52.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$16.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$0.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$2.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$6.27
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$7.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$2.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$4.18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$6.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$4.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$3.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$91.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$56
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$65.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$523
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$8743

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Jeddah

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Mecca	$1031
296 km or 184 mi	Port Sudan	$976
307 km or 191 mi	Yanbu	$791
328 km or 204 mi	Medina	$1164
395 km or 246 mi	Bisha	$890
410 km or 255 mi	Bareq	$873
508 km or 315 mi	Abha	$871
597 km or 371 mi	Al Wajh	$919
645 km or 401 mi	Keren	$483
652 km or 405 mi	Ar Rass	$834
661 km or 411 mi	Massawa	$484
675 km or 420 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
688 km or 427 mi	Najran	$864
690 km or 429 mi	Atbara	$1124
691 km or 429 mi	Asmara	$513
702 km or 436 mi	Aswan	$350
703 km or 437 mi	Sa'dah	$475
704 km or 437 mi	Unaizah	$938
711 km or 442 mi	Ha'il	$738
738 km or 458 mi	Kassala	$947
741 km or 461 mi	Mendefera	$481
806 km or 501 mi	Tabuk	$1036
810 km or 503 mi	Luxor	$379
834 km or 518 mi	Qena	$439
836 km or 519 mi	Hurghada	$334
845 km or 525 mi	Riyadh	$1628
849 km or 528 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
855 km or 531 mi	El Gouna	$338
863 km or 536 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
869 km or 540 mi	Sanaa	$532
893 km or 555 mi	Sayyan	$476
897 km or 557 mi	Mekelle	$748
904 km or 562 mi	Dahab	$429
922 km or 573 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$771
926 km or 576 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
927 km or 576 mi	Zabid	$476
942 km or 585 mi	Sohag	$375
943 km or 586 mi	Sakakah	$753
952 km or 592 mi	Khartoum North	$803
954 km or 593 mi	Dhamar	$478