Jeddah vs Mbuji-Mayi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Jeddah	Mbuji-Mayi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1123	$957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2695	$2495
🏠 One person rent	$511	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$868	$1045
🍽️ Food expenses	$341	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$150	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2204	$823
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	45	10
😀 Quality of life	75	16
🏙️ Population	4.7M	2.89M

The cost of living in Jeddah is 17% more expensive than in Mbuji-Mayi. Cities ranked 4828th and 5954th ($1123 vs $957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Saudi Arabia and the DR Congo, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the DR Congo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Jeddah compared to 0.9 months in Mbuji-Mayi. Jeddah ranked 2nd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Mbuji-Mayi ranked 3rd in the DR Congo, while ranked 1110th and 8996th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Jeddah vs Mbuji-Mayi

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

	Jeddah	Mbuji-Mayi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.63	$7.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$37.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.03	$4.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.82
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$1.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$416	$532
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$889	$1358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$640	$686
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.6	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.57%	12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2216	$7374
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1138	$530
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.4	$96.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.7	$5.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.09	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$2.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$5.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.59	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$3.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$9.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.67	$4.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.04	$2.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$0.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$94.3	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$8.12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.3	$31.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.18	$3.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.5	$25.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.2	$56.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$365	$88.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6009	$3341

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	$940
296 km or 184 mi	Port Sudan	$1096
307 km or 191 mi	Yanbu	$837
328 km or 204 mi	Medina	$853
395 km or 246 mi	Bisha	$895
410 km or 255 mi	Bareq	$895
508 km or 315 mi	Abha	$915
597 km or 371 mi	Al Wajh	$879
645 km or 401 mi	Keren	$491
652 km or 405 mi	Ar Rass	$828
661 km or 411 mi	Massawa	$492
675 km or 420 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
688 km or 427 mi	Najran	$934
690 km or 429 mi	Atbara	$1094
691 km or 429 mi	Asmara	$524
702 km or 436 mi	Aswan	$324
703 km or 437 mi	Sa'dah	$488
704 km or 437 mi	Unaizah	$940
711 km or 442 mi	Ha'il	$944
738 km or 458 mi	Kassala	$988
741 km or 461 mi	Mendefera	$490
806 km or 501 mi	Tabuk	$988
810 km or 503 mi	Luxor	$314
834 km or 518 mi	Qena	$333
836 km or 519 mi	Hurghada	$278
845 km or 525 mi	Riyadh	$1586
849 km or 528 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
855 km or 531 mi	El Gouna	$294
863 km or 536 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$499
869 km or 540 mi	Sanaa	$550
893 km or 555 mi	Sayyan	$491
897 km or 557 mi	Mekelle	$686
904 km or 562 mi	Dahab	$393
922 km or 573 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$821
926 km or 576 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
927 km or 576 mi	Zabid	$489
942 km or 585 mi	Sohag	$350
943 km or 586 mi	Sakakah	$806
952 km or 592 mi	Khartoum North	$868
954 km or 593 mi	Dhamar	$491

Cities near Mbuji-Mayi

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Gandajika	$815
99 km or 62 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$826
129 km or 80 mi	Kananga	$932
311 km or 193 mi	Tshikapa	$902
436 km or 271 mi	Kindu	$728
543 km or 337 mi	Kikwit	$852
551 km or 342 mi	Kolwezi	$947
619 km or 385 mi	Kalemie	$730
641 km or 398 mi	Likasi	$939
684 km or 425 mi	Uvira	$763
708 km or 440 mi	Bujumbura	$546
708 km or 440 mi	Bukavu	$723
713 km or 443 mi	Cyangugu	$559
722 km or 448 mi	Makamba	$509
726 km or 451 mi	Bubanza	$508
748 km or 465 mi	Luena	$723
749 km or 465 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
751 km or 467 mi	Rutana	$509
759 km or 472 mi	Kisangani	$855
763 km or 474 mi	Gitega	$510
777 km or 483 mi	Ngozi	$509
781 km or 486 mi	Kibuye	$579
786 km or 489 mi	Butare	$441
794 km or 493 mi	Ruyigi	$509
797 km or 495 mi	Gisenyi	$587
801 km or 498 mi	Nyanza	$545
809 km or 503 mi	Mansa	$1017
831 km or 516 mi	Muyinga	$509
845 km or 525 mi	Ruhengeri	$598
854 km or 530 mi	Kigali	$723
854 km or 531 mi	Chingola	$1028
878 km or 545 mi	Byumba	$622
879 km or 546 mi	Mufulira	$1090
901 km or 560 mi	Kitwe	$1116
906 km or 563 mi	Mbandaka	$810
933 km or 580 mi	Bumba	$796
938 km or 583 mi	Kinshasa	$1041
940 km or 584 mi	Butembo	$760
940 km or 584 mi	Ndola	$1139
943 km or 586 mi	Brazzaville	$589