Jeddah vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jeddah	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1146	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$512	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$899	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$330	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2297	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	45	96
😀 Quality of life	76	74
🏙️ Population	4.7M	13.1M

The cost of living in Jeddah is 8% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4650th and 4359th ($1146 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Russia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Jeddah compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Jeddah ranked 2nd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 860th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jeddah vs Moscow

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	Jeddah	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.67	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.1	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.93	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$976	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.2	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.3	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.57%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1025	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.35	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.7	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.52	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.79	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$90.8	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.4	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.8	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6204	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592