Jeddah vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Jeddah	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1100	$1657
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2691	$3999
🏠 One person rent	$495	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$1749
🍽️ Food expenses	$337	$514
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$73.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1997	$1375
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	45	37
😀 Quality of life	73	72
🏙️ Population	4.7M	6.44K

The cost of living in Jeddah is 34% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 4731st and 2834th ($1100 vs $1657) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Saudi Arabia and Malta, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Jeddah compared to 0.8 months in Valletta. Jeddah ranked 2nd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Valletta ranked 6th in Malta, while ranked 1616th and 2020th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Jeddah vs Valletta infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/jeddah/valletta.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Jeddah vs Valletta infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/jeddah/valletta" target="_blank">Jeddah vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Jeddah vs Valletta

Prices for goods and services in Jeddah and Valletta are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Jeddah	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.55	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$70.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.87	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$2.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$2.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$472	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$335	$760
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$935	$2091
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$1453
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.2	$81.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.6	$125
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.6	$44.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.77%	5.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1859	$8034
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1264	$4060
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.32	$2.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.9	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.3	$34.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.45
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.76	$3.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.58	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.5	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$3.81
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.91
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.64	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.94	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.7	$5.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.07	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.02	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.39	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$87.2	$73.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$45.3	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.19	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$121
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$331	$664
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6667	$10317

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1670
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1708
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1278
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1608
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1372
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1469
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1338
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1583
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1120
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$927
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1027
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1103
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$983
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1163
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$936
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1150
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1122
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1050
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$979
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1329
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$418
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$423
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$470
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$389
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$435
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1530
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1324
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$377
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$596
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$386
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$340
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$390
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$433
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$514
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$466
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1017
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1307
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$407
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$355