Jeddah vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jeddah	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1146	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$512	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$899	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$330	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2297	$3986
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	45	60
😀 Quality of life	76	87
🏙️ Population	4.7M	246K

The cost of living in Jeddah is 37% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 4650th and 2336th ($1146 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1917th 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 2.2 months in Louisville. Jeddah ranked 2nd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 860th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jeddah vs Louisville

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	Jeddah	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.67	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.1	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.93	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$976	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.2	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.3	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.57%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1025	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.35	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.7	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.52	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.79	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$90.8	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.4	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.8	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6204	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974