Adelaide vs Mecca - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Mecca
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$2659
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$1646
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	68 km
🎓 Higher education	50	42
😀 Quality of life	94	54
🏙️ Population	1.39M	2.43M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 102% more expensive than in Mecca. Cities ranked 1894th and 5632nd ($1978 vs $979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 8th in Australia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Australia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1.7 months in Mecca. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Mecca ranked 9th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 46th and 5982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Mecca

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	Adelaide	Mecca
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$4.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$36.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$7.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$3.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$260
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$743
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$783
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$38.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$59.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$70.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	4.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$1496
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$1212
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$7.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.06
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$3.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$1.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$5.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$5.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$1.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$103
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$26.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$4.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$62.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$4682

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1669
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1146
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$905
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$1215
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$829
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$902
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$910
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$861
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$937
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$961
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$488
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$482
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$486
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$969
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$520
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$846
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$487
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1131
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$1006
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$329
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1637
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$546
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$481
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$1078
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$335
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$662
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$482
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$342
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$362
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$486
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$336
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$496
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$781
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$381
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$507