Jeddah vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Jeddah	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1100	$1011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2691	$2876
🏠 One person rent	$495	$394
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$948
🍽️ Food expenses	$337	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1997	$1496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	45	95
😀 Quality of life	73	88
🏙️ Population	4.7M	4.36M

The cost of living in Jeddah is 9% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 4731st and 5229th ($1100 vs $1011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Jeddah compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Jeddah ranked 2nd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 1616th and 181st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jeddah vs New Taipei

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	Jeddah	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.55	$4.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.87	$4.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$472	$342
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$335	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$935	$1097
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$766
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.2	$61.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.6	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.6	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.77%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1859	$9649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1264	$5036
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.32	$0.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.9	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$2.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$4.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$2.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$15.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$7.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$5.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.64	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.7	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.07	$9.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.39	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$2.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.2	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$9.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.3	$35.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.19	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$60.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$84.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$331	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6667	$11035

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Cities near Jeddah

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Mecca	$1032
296 km or 184 mi	Port Sudan	$1361
307 km or 191 mi	Yanbu	$844
328 km or 204 mi	Medina	$892
395 km or 246 mi	Bisha	$938
410 km or 255 mi	Bareq	$920
508 km or 315 mi	Abha	$923
597 km or 371 mi	Al Wajh	$879
645 km or 401 mi	Keren	$466
652 km or 405 mi	Ar Rass	$860
661 km or 411 mi	Massawa	$467
675 km or 420 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
688 km or 427 mi	Najran	$1047
690 km or 429 mi	Atbara	$1095
691 km or 429 mi	Asmara	$498
702 km or 436 mi	Aswan	$280
703 km or 437 mi	Sa'dah	$467
704 km or 437 mi	Unaizah	$1013
711 km or 442 mi	Ha'il	$996
738 km or 458 mi	Kassala	$1061
741 km or 461 mi	Mendefera	$466
806 km or 501 mi	Tabuk	$1000
810 km or 503 mi	Luxor	$404
834 km or 518 mi	Qena	$443
836 km or 519 mi	Hurghada	$434
845 km or 525 mi	Riyadh	$1642
849 km or 528 mi	Al Hudaydah	$489
855 km or 531 mi	El Gouna	$440
863 km or 536 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$603
869 km or 540 mi	Sanaa	$523
893 km or 555 mi	Sayyan	$467
897 km or 557 mi	Mekelle	$800
904 km or 562 mi	Dahab	$625
922 km or 573 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$857
926 km or 576 mi	El-Gadarif	$959
927 km or 576 mi	Zabid	$466
942 km or 585 mi	Sohag	$449
943 km or 586 mi	Sakakah	$854
952 km or 592 mi	Khartoum North	$899
954 km or 593 mi	Dhamar	$470

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1169
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$861
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$860
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$863
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$917
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$860
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$746
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$995
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$890
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$857
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$791
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$725
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$664
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$675
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$952
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$913
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$694
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1114
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$689
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$676
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$744
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$851
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$787
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$721
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$678
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$735
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1115
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$667
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$741
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$719
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$655
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$811
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$725
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$644
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$588
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$721
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589