Brussels vs Jeddah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Brussels	Jeddah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$1100
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4554	$2691
🏠 One person rent	$1085	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$1927	$877
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$337
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.1	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3070	$1997
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	96	45
😀 Quality of life	89	73
🏙️ Population	189K	4.7M

The cost of living in Brussels is 70% more expensive than in Jeddah. Cities ranked 2147th and 4731st ($1869 vs $1100) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Belgium and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.8 months in Jeddah. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Jeddah ranked 2nd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 148th and 1616th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Jeddah

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	Brussels	Jeddah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$6.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$7.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.38	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.91	$3.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.7	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$968	$472
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$834	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1848	$935
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1555	$657
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$169	$59.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$90.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$55.2	$73.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.39%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4416	$1859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3736	$1264
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$34.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$13.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.29	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$7.58
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.2	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.73	$2.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.52	$1.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.76	$6.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.75	$5.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$3.13
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$87.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$45.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.8	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$978	$331
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23098	$6667

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1682
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1524
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1659
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1652
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1593
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1619
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1644
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1669
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1599
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1743
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1648
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1825
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1640
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1567
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1645
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1613
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1544
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1630
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1619
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1553
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1575
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1581
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1678
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1618
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1469
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1563
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1568
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1533
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1484
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1517
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1539
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1426
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1536
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1536
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1511
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1413
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1596
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1631
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1570
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1650

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