Jeddah vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jeddah	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1146	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$512	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$899	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$330	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2297	$245
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	76
😀 Quality of life	76	55
🏙️ Population	4.7M	1.59M

The cost of living in Jeddah is 56% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 4650th and 6734th ($1146 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th in Saudi Arabia and Iran, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Jeddah compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Jeddah ranked 2nd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 860th and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jeddah vs Karaj

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	Jeddah	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.67	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.1	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.93	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$976	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.2	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.3	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.57%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1025	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.35	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.7	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.52	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.79	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$90.8	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.4	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.8	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6204	$823

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Cities near Jeddah

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Mecca	$979
296 km or 184 mi	Port Sudan	$1003
307 km or 191 mi	Yanbu	$829
328 km or 204 mi	Medina	$1215
395 km or 246 mi	Bisha	$905
410 km or 255 mi	Bareq	$902
508 km or 315 mi	Abha	$910
597 km or 371 mi	Al Wajh	$961
645 km or 401 mi	Keren	$488
652 km or 405 mi	Ar Rass	$861
661 km or 411 mi	Massawa	$486
675 km or 420 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
688 km or 427 mi	Najran	$937
690 km or 429 mi	Atbara	$1131
691 km or 429 mi	Asmara	$520
702 km or 436 mi	Aswan	$329
703 km or 437 mi	Sa'dah	$482
704 km or 437 mi	Unaizah	$969
711 km or 442 mi	Ha'il	$846
738 km or 458 mi	Kassala	$1006
741 km or 461 mi	Mendefera	$487
806 km or 501 mi	Tabuk	$1078
810 km or 503 mi	Luxor	$335
834 km or 518 mi	Qena	$362
836 km or 519 mi	Hurghada	$342
845 km or 525 mi	Riyadh	$1637
849 km or 528 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
855 km or 531 mi	El Gouna	$336
863 km or 536 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
869 km or 540 mi	Sanaa	$546
893 km or 555 mi	Sayyan	$481
897 km or 557 mi	Mekelle	$662
904 km or 562 mi	Dahab	$381
922 km or 573 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
926 km or 576 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
927 km or 576 mi	Zabid	$482
942 km or 585 mi	Sohag	$360
943 km or 586 mi	Sakakah	$781
952 km or 592 mi	Khartoum North	$877
954 km or 593 mi	Dhamar	$486

Cities near Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$688
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$684
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$698
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$693
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$698
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$645
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$788
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$714
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$681
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$680
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$665
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$651
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$618
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$574
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$488
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$557
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$458
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$552
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$534
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$658
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$562
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$580
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$455
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$466
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$443
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$469
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$505
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$685
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$554