Jeddah vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jeddah	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1146	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$512	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$899	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$330	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2297	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	45	54
😀 Quality of life	76	66
🏙️ Population	4.7M	8.78M

The cost of living in Jeddah is 78% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4650th and 7256th ($1146 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 118th in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Jeddah compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Jeddah ranked 2nd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 860th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jeddah vs Quanzhou

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	Jeddah	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.67	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.1	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.93	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$976	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.2	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.3	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.57%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1025	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.35	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.7	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.52	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.79	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$90.8	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.4	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.8	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6204	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936