Jeddah vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Jeddah	Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1209	$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2848	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$584	$559
🏘️ Family rent	$940	$974
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2099	$939
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	45	48
😀 Quality of life	78	63
🏙️ Population	4.7M	1.47M

The cost of living in Jeddah is 15% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 4757th and 5278th ($1209 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 5th in Saudi Arabia and Russia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Jeddah compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Jeddah ranked 2nd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 990th and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jeddah vs Yekaterinburg

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	Jeddah	Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.63	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46.1	$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.98	$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$1.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.68	$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$556	$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.8	$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.5	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.3	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.97%	19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1688	$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1003	$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.32	$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.1	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.96	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.41	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.22	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.58	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.61	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.53	$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$86.8	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.5	$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.04	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$453	$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7655	$7937

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Cities near Jeddah

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Mecca	$1107
296 km or 184 mi	Port Sudan	$964
307 km or 191 mi	Yanbu	$795
328 km or 204 mi	Medina	$1168
395 km or 246 mi	Bisha	$906
410 km or 255 mi	Bareq	$893
508 km or 315 mi	Abha	$902
597 km or 371 mi	Al Wajh	$942
645 km or 401 mi	Keren	$498
652 km or 405 mi	Ar Rass	$815
661 km or 411 mi	Massawa	$497
675 km or 420 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
688 km or 427 mi	Najran	$865
690 km or 429 mi	Atbara	$1104
691 km or 429 mi	Asmara	$531
702 km or 436 mi	Aswan	$369
703 km or 437 mi	Sa'dah	$491
704 km or 437 mi	Unaizah	$931
711 km or 442 mi	Ha'il	$775
738 km or 458 mi	Kassala	$931
741 km or 461 mi	Mendefera	$498
806 km or 501 mi	Tabuk	$1074
810 km or 503 mi	Luxor	$385
834 km or 518 mi	Qena	$448
836 km or 519 mi	Hurghada	$354
845 km or 525 mi	Riyadh	$1632
849 km or 528 mi	Al Hudaydah	$515
855 km or 531 mi	El Gouna	$360
863 km or 536 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$598
869 km or 540 mi	Sanaa	$551
893 km or 555 mi	Sayyan	$492
897 km or 557 mi	Mekelle	$810
904 km or 562 mi	Dahab	$479
922 km or 573 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$790
926 km or 576 mi	El-Gadarif	$858
927 km or 576 mi	Zabid	$491
942 km or 585 mi	Sohag	$415
943 km or 586 mi	Sakakah	$776
952 km or 592 mi	Khartoum North	$819
954 km or 593 mi	Dhamar	$494

Cities near Yekaterinburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$892
96 km or 59 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$891
126 km or 78 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$891
194 km or 120 mi	Zlatoust	$729
194 km or 121 mi	Chelyabinsk	$867
201 km or 125 mi	Miass	$760
291 km or 181 mi	Perm	$767
302 km or 188 mi	Tyumen	$969
333 km or 207 mi	Kurgan	$701
371 km or 231 mi	Ufa	$853
396 km or 246 mi	Magnitogorsk	$697
447 km or 277 mi	Kostanay	$690
448 km or 278 mi	Izhevsk	$700
461 km or 287 mi	Sterlitamak	$743
486 km or 302 mi	Salavat	$793
524 km or 326 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$795
558 km or 346 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$712
559 km or 348 mi	Almetyevsk	$761
577 km or 358 mi	Petropavl	$564
639 km or 397 mi	Orsk	$589
666 km or 414 mi	Orenburg	$757
678 km or 421 mi	Kirov	$595
685 km or 426 mi	Kokshetau	$747
716 km or 445 mi	Kazan	$929
760 km or 473 mi	Aktobe	$579
771 km or 479 mi	Syktyvkar	$664
773 km or 480 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$733
780 km or 485 mi	Samara	$838
798 km or 496 mi	Tolyatti	$740
816 km or 507 mi	Ulyanovsk	$679
821 km or 510 mi	Cheboksary	$791
823 km or 511 mi	Omsk	$834
865 km or 537 mi	Oral	$604
872 km or 542 mi	Syzran	$746
882 km or 548 mi	Surgut	$813
949 km or 590 mi	Nur-Sultan	$732
982 km or 610 mi	Balakovo	$677
1011 km or 628 mi	Saransk	$773
1014 km or 630 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
1023 km or 636 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$688