Cape Town vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cape Town	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1231	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2814	$2471
🏠 One person rent	$681	$546
🏘️ Family rent	$1180	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$322	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$352	$1724
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	56	15
😀 Quality of life	55	53
🏙️ Population	3.78M	886K

The cost of living in Cape Town is 15% more expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 4637th and 5095th ($1231 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th in South Africa and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check South Africa vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Cape Town compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Cape Town ranked 5th best city to live in South Africa vs Tabuk ranked 11th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6312th and 6448th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Cape Town vs Tabuk 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/cape-town/tabuk.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Cape Town vs Tabuk infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/cape-town/tabuk" target="_blank">Cape Town vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Cape Town vs Tabuk

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

	Cape Town	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$6.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.4	$22.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.16	$6.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.15	$2.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.24	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$761	$525
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$513	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1355	$708
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$937	$580
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$75	$70.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$108
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.4	$81.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.58%	4.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1957	$1383
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1290	$921
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.15	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.5	$40.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.7	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$2.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.62	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.36	$6.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.67	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.78	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.18	$6.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.15	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.66	$3.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.2	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$65.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.86	$25.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.1	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.69	$3.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$56	$28.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$228	$672
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4978	$8498

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$1243
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$666
371 km or 231 mi	George	$857
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$946
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$1005
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$746
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$814
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$988
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$861
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1304
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$784
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$598
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$650
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$901
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$762
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$948
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$808
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$833
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$904
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$637
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$637
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$706
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$984
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$940
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$668
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$607
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$890
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$985
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$984
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$892
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$927
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$857

Cities near Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$782
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$517
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1734
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$798
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$940
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$645
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$346
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$354
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$718
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1910
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1855
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$791
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1645
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1867
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1879
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1021
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$837
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1951
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$987
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$769
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1957
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$695
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1072
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$548
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1947
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2347
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2064
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1998
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$276
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233