Jeddah vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Jeddah	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1210	$887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2901	$2166
🏠 One person rent	$583	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$315	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1673	$381
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	45	57
😀 Quality of life	76	63
🏙️ Population	4.7M	2.42M

The cost of living in Jeddah is 36% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 4730th and 6337th ($1210 vs $887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 10th in Saudi Arabia and Brazil, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Jeddah compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Jeddah ranked 2nd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Salvador ranked 21st in Brazil, while ranked 1324th and 5445th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jeddah vs Salvador

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	Jeddah	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.59	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.5	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.13	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$599	$420
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$415	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1068	$682
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$732	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.6	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.5	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.32%	10.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1601	$2069
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1010	$1176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.3	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$9.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.27	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.27	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.52	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.18	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.65	$2.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.55	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.84	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$91.7	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$6.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.03	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.2	$55.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$523	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8743	$15139

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Cities near Jeddah

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Mecca	$1031
296 km or 184 mi	Port Sudan	$976
307 km or 191 mi	Yanbu	$791
328 km or 204 mi	Medina	$1164
395 km or 246 mi	Bisha	$890
410 km or 255 mi	Bareq	$873
508 km or 315 mi	Abha	$871
597 km or 371 mi	Al Wajh	$919
645 km or 401 mi	Keren	$483
652 km or 405 mi	Ar Rass	$834
661 km or 411 mi	Massawa	$484
675 km or 420 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
688 km or 427 mi	Najran	$864
690 km or 429 mi	Atbara	$1124
691 km or 429 mi	Asmara	$513
702 km or 436 mi	Aswan	$350
703 km or 437 mi	Sa'dah	$475
704 km or 437 mi	Unaizah	$938
711 km or 442 mi	Ha'il	$738
738 km or 458 mi	Kassala	$947
741 km or 461 mi	Mendefera	$481
806 km or 501 mi	Tabuk	$1036
810 km or 503 mi	Luxor	$379
834 km or 518 mi	Qena	$439
836 km or 519 mi	Hurghada	$334
845 km or 525 mi	Riyadh	$1628
849 km or 528 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
855 km or 531 mi	El Gouna	$338
863 km or 536 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
869 km or 540 mi	Sanaa	$532
893 km or 555 mi	Sayyan	$476
897 km or 557 mi	Mekelle	$748
904 km or 562 mi	Dahab	$429
922 km or 573 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$771
926 km or 576 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
927 km or 576 mi	Zabid	$476
942 km or 585 mi	Sohag	$375
943 km or 586 mi	Sakakah	$753
952 km or 592 mi	Khartoum North	$803
954 km or 593 mi	Dhamar	$478

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$690
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$691
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$678
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$624
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$660
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$568
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$495
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$661
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$599
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$571
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$592
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$649
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$472
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$606
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$671
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$491
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$617
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$630
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$752
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$616
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$696
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$705
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$627
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$641
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$603
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$598
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$623
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$609
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$680
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$614
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$637
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751