Jeddah vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Jeddah	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1155	$2851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2694	$6397
🏠 One person rent	$541	$1879
🏘️ Family rent	$841	$3145
🍽️ Food expenses	$325	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2303	$4411
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	45	94
😀 Quality of life	79	78
🏙️ Population	4.7M	467K

The cost of living in Jeddah is 60% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 4809th and 327th ($1155 vs $2851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 273rd in Saudi Arabia and the United States, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Jeddah compared to 1.5 months in Long Beach. Jeddah ranked 2nd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Long Beach ranked 271st in the United States, while ranked 894th and 982nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Jeddah vs Long Beach 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/jeddah/long-beach.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Jeddah vs Long Beach infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/jeddah/long-beach" target="_blank">Jeddah vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Jeddah vs Long Beach

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

	Jeddah	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.64	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.98	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.14	$7.12
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$484	$1954
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$393	$1662
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$881	$3174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$627	$2872
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.3	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$56.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.57%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1025	$6937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.32	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$16.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.34	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.72	$10.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$8.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$85.1	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56	$95.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.8	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$393	$1674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6703	$19997

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821