Brisbane vs Jeddah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brisbane	Jeddah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2356	$1100
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4943	$2691
🏠 One person rent	$1431	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$2020	$877
🍽️ Food expenses	$537	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$249	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3604	$1997
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	66	45
😀 Quality of life	95	73
🏙️ Population	2.36M	4.7M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 114% more expensive than in Jeddah. Cities ranked 930th and 4731st ($2356 vs $1100) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 1.5 months in Brisbane compared to 1.8 months in Jeddah. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Jeddah ranked 2nd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 18th and 1616th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Brisbane vs Jeddah infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/brisbane/jeddah.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Brisbane vs Jeddah infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/brisbane/jeddah" target="_blank">Brisbane vs Jeddah - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Brisbane vs Jeddah

Prices for goods and services in Brisbane and Jeddah are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Brisbane	Jeddah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.8	$6.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$67.5	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10	$7.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.8	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.48	$3.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1526	$472
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1208	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2416	$935
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1655	$657
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$59.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$163	$90.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.6	$73.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.27%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9010	$1859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6567	$1264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.86	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$113	$34.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$13.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.27	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.06	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$7.58
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.67	$7.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$1.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.34	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$2.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.02	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.3	$6.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$4.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.48	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$3.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.6	$87.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.9	$45.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.9	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1568	$331
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8728	$6667

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1785
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1881
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1816
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1354
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1545
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1461
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1404
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$1998
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1903
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1691
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2348
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2741
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1610
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1463
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1430
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1723
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2604
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1669
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1249
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1462
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1716
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1693

Cities near Jeddah

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Mecca	$1032
296 km or 184 mi	Port Sudan	$1361
307 km or 191 mi	Yanbu	$844
328 km or 204 mi	Medina	$892
395 km or 246 mi	Bisha	$938
410 km or 255 mi	Bareq	$920
508 km or 315 mi	Abha	$923
597 km or 371 mi	Al Wajh	$879
645 km or 401 mi	Keren	$466
652 km or 405 mi	Ar Rass	$860
661 km or 411 mi	Massawa	$467
675 km or 420 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
688 km or 427 mi	Najran	$1047
690 km or 429 mi	Atbara	$1095
691 km or 429 mi	Asmara	$498
702 km or 436 mi	Aswan	$280
703 km or 437 mi	Sa'dah	$467
704 km or 437 mi	Unaizah	$1013
711 km or 442 mi	Ha'il	$996
738 km or 458 mi	Kassala	$1061
741 km or 461 mi	Mendefera	$466
806 km or 501 mi	Tabuk	$1000
810 km or 503 mi	Luxor	$404
834 km or 518 mi	Qena	$443
836 km or 519 mi	Hurghada	$434
845 km or 525 mi	Riyadh	$1642
849 km or 528 mi	Al Hudaydah	$489
855 km or 531 mi	El Gouna	$440
863 km or 536 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$603
869 km or 540 mi	Sanaa	$523
893 km or 555 mi	Sayyan	$467
897 km or 557 mi	Mekelle	$800
904 km or 562 mi	Dahab	$625
922 km or 573 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$857
926 km or 576 mi	El-Gadarif	$959
927 km or 576 mi	Zabid	$466
942 km or 585 mi	Sohag	$449
943 km or 586 mi	Sakakah	$854
952 km or 592 mi	Khartoum North	$899
954 km or 593 mi	Dhamar	$470