Jeddah vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Jeddah	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1146	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2809	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$512	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$899	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$330	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2297	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	50
😀 Quality of life	76	48
🏙️ Population	4.7M	1.57M

The cost of living in Jeddah is 95% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 4650th and 7787th ($1146 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 34th in Saudi Arabia and Iran, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2 months in Jeddah compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Jeddah ranked 2nd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 860th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jeddah vs Shiraz

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	Jeddah	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.67	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.1	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.93	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$976	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$666	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.2	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.3	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.57%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1025	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.62	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.35	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.7	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.52	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.79	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$90.8	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.4	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.8	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$410	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6204	$2161

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723