Arlington vs Jeddah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Jeddah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1155
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$541
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$841
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$325
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$165
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$2303
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	90	45
😀 Quality of life	77	79
🏙️ Population	394K	4.7M

The cost of living in Arlington is 61% more expensive than in Jeddah. Cities ranked 2476th and 4809th ($1856 vs $1155) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 4th in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United States vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 2 months in Jeddah. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Jeddah ranked 2nd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 1375th and 894th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Jeddah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$6.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$7.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$2.14
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$3.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$484
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$393
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$881
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$62.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$96.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$67
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	4.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$2007
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$1025
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$6.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$7.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.52
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$5.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$6.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$4.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$3.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$85.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$56
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$53.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$93.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$393
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$6703

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Jeddah

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Mecca	$1162
296 km or 184 mi	Port Sudan	$964
307 km or 191 mi	Yanbu	$791
328 km or 204 mi	Medina	$1182
395 km or 246 mi	Bisha	$918
410 km or 255 mi	Bareq	$903
508 km or 315 mi	Abha	$911
597 km or 371 mi	Al Wajh	$940
645 km or 401 mi	Keren	$500
652 km or 405 mi	Ar Rass	$862
661 km or 411 mi	Massawa	$499
675 km or 420 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
688 km or 427 mi	Najran	$860
690 km or 429 mi	Atbara	$1116
691 km or 429 mi	Asmara	$533
702 km or 436 mi	Aswan	$348
703 km or 437 mi	Sa'dah	$498
704 km or 437 mi	Unaizah	$967
711 km or 442 mi	Ha'il	$825
738 km or 458 mi	Kassala	$971
741 km or 461 mi	Mendefera	$498
806 km or 501 mi	Tabuk	$1069
810 km or 503 mi	Luxor	$365
834 km or 518 mi	Qena	$428
836 km or 519 mi	Hurghada	$346
845 km or 525 mi	Riyadh	$1627
849 km or 528 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
855 km or 531 mi	El Gouna	$354
863 km or 536 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
869 km or 540 mi	Sanaa	$560
893 km or 555 mi	Sayyan	$498
897 km or 557 mi	Mekelle	$826
904 km or 562 mi	Dahab	$517
922 km or 573 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$791
926 km or 576 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
927 km or 576 mi	Zabid	$499
942 km or 585 mi	Sohag	$398
943 km or 586 mi	Sakakah	$769
952 km or 592 mi	Khartoum North	$879
954 km or 593 mi	Dhamar	$500