Jeddah vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Jeddah	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1209	$1928
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2848	$4433
🏠 One person rent	$584	$992
🏘️ Family rent	$940	$1658
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$585
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2099	$3005
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	45	100
😀 Quality of life	78	96
🏙️ Population	4.7M	1.8M

The cost of living in Jeddah is 37% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 4757th and 2284th ($1209 vs $1928) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 58th in Saudi Arabia and Canada, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Jeddah compared to 1.6 months in Montreal. Jeddah ranked 2nd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 990th and 11th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Jeddah vs Montreal

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

	Jeddah	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.63	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.1	$65.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.98	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$6.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.68	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$2.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$556	$1085
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$852
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$1939
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.8	$51.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$79.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.3	$41.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.97%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1688	$5305
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1003	$4101
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.32	$2.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.1	$76.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$18.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.96	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$3.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.22	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$2.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.58	$13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.61	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.53	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$4.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$86.8	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.5	$117
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$55.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$453	$568
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7655	$5550

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	$1107
296 km or 184 mi	Port Sudan	$964
307 km or 191 mi	Yanbu	$795
328 km or 204 mi	Medina	$1168
395 km or 246 mi	Bisha	$906
410 km or 255 mi	Bareq	$893
508 km or 315 mi	Abha	$902
597 km or 371 mi	Al Wajh	$942
645 km or 401 mi	Keren	$498
652 km or 405 mi	Ar Rass	$815
661 km or 411 mi	Massawa	$497
675 km or 420 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
688 km or 427 mi	Najran	$865
690 km or 429 mi	Atbara	$1104
691 km or 429 mi	Asmara	$531
702 km or 436 mi	Aswan	$369
703 km or 437 mi	Sa'dah	$491
704 km or 437 mi	Unaizah	$931
711 km or 442 mi	Ha'il	$775
738 km or 458 mi	Kassala	$931
741 km or 461 mi	Mendefera	$498
806 km or 501 mi	Tabuk	$1074
810 km or 503 mi	Luxor	$385
834 km or 518 mi	Qena	$448
836 km or 519 mi	Hurghada	$354
845 km or 525 mi	Riyadh	$1632
849 km or 528 mi	Al Hudaydah	$515
855 km or 531 mi	El Gouna	$360
863 km or 536 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$598
869 km or 540 mi	Sanaa	$551
893 km or 555 mi	Sayyan	$492
897 km or 557 mi	Mekelle	$810
904 km or 562 mi	Dahab	$479
922 km or 573 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$790
926 km or 576 mi	El-Gadarif	$858
927 km or 576 mi	Zabid	$491
942 km or 585 mi	Sohag	$415
943 km or 586 mi	Sakakah	$776
952 km or 592 mi	Khartoum North	$819
954 km or 593 mi	Dhamar	$494

Cities near Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1875
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1862
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1923
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1876
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1893
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2080
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1960
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1897
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1940
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1910
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1923
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1918
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$2047
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1891
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1944
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1914
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1920
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1861
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1907
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1918
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1934
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1930
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1846
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1950
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1852
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1948
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1838
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1935
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1857
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1723
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1924
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1800
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1896
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1864
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1642
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1971
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1458
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1142
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1589
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1805