Jeddah vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Jeddah	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1155	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2694	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$541	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$841	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$325	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2303	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	45	46
😀 Quality of life	79	60
🏙️ Population	4.7M	1.2M

The cost of living in Jeddah is 31% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 4809th and 6322nd ($1155 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 14th 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 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Jeddah ranked 2nd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 894th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Jeddah	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.64	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.98	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.14	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$484	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$393	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$881	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$627	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.3	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.57%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2007	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1025	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.32	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.64	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.34	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.72	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$85.1	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.95	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.8	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$393	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6703	$3800

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Cities near Jeddah

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Mecca	$1162
296 km or 184 mi	Port Sudan	$964
307 km or 191 mi	Yanbu	$791
328 km or 204 mi	Medina	$1182
395 km or 246 mi	Bisha	$918
410 km or 255 mi	Bareq	$903
508 km or 315 mi	Abha	$911
597 km or 371 mi	Al Wajh	$940
645 km or 401 mi	Keren	$500
652 km or 405 mi	Ar Rass	$862
661 km or 411 mi	Massawa	$499
675 km or 420 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
688 km or 427 mi	Najran	$860
690 km or 429 mi	Atbara	$1116
691 km or 429 mi	Asmara	$533
702 km or 436 mi	Aswan	$348
703 km or 437 mi	Sa'dah	$498
704 km or 437 mi	Unaizah	$967
711 km or 442 mi	Ha'il	$825
738 km or 458 mi	Kassala	$971
741 km or 461 mi	Mendefera	$498
806 km or 501 mi	Tabuk	$1069
810 km or 503 mi	Luxor	$365
834 km or 518 mi	Qena	$428
836 km or 519 mi	Hurghada	$346
845 km or 525 mi	Riyadh	$1627
849 km or 528 mi	Al Hudaydah	$522
855 km or 531 mi	El Gouna	$354
863 km or 536 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
869 km or 540 mi	Sanaa	$560
893 km or 555 mi	Sayyan	$498
897 km or 557 mi	Mekelle	$826
904 km or 562 mi	Dahab	$517
922 km or 573 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$791
926 km or 576 mi	El-Gadarif	$925
927 km or 576 mi	Zabid	$499
942 km or 585 mi	Sohag	$398
943 km or 586 mi	Sakakah	$769
952 km or 592 mi	Khartoum North	$879
954 km or 593 mi	Dhamar	$500

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758