Mecca vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Mecca	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$2649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2316	$6134
🏠 One person rent	$350	$1700
🏘️ Family rent	$622	$3035
🍽️ Food expenses	$290	$651
🚐 Transport expenses	$205	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1656	$4686
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	68 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	41	78
😀 Quality of life	53	88
🏙️ Population	2.43M	689K

The cost of living in Mecca is 64% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 6019th and 514th ($940 vs $2649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 455th in Saudi Arabia and the United States, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Mecca compared to 1.8 months in Nashville. Mecca ranked 9th best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Nashville ranked 56th in the United States, while ranked 6051st and 226th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mecca vs Nashville

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	Mecca	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.18	$17.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.7	$75.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.67	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$6.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.29	$5.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$1820
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$240	$1457
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$775	$3716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$423	$2584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$99.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$154
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$69.9	$71.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.54%	6.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1493	$3565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1201	$3245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.33	$2.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99.7	$69.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$3.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$5.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.63	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.73	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$5.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$5.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.39	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$3.82	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.92	$1.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.53	$7.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.22	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$5.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$4.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$103	$49.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.4	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$25.8	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.23	$27.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.7	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.1	$93.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$363	$1194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4675	$20657

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Cities near Mecca

Distance	City	Cost of living
69 km or 43 mi	Jeddah	$1123
329 km or 204 mi	Bisha	$895
338 km or 210 mi	Port Sudan	$1096
339 km or 211 mi	Medina	$853
350 km or 218 mi	Yanbu	$837
354 km or 220 mi	Bareq	$895
453 km or 282 mi	Abha	$915
606 km or 377 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
620 km or 385 mi	Ar Rass	$828
628 km or 390 mi	Najran	$934
642 km or 399 mi	Al Wajh	$879
644 km or 400 mi	Keren	$491
648 km or 403 mi	Sa'dah	$488
649 km or 403 mi	Massawa	$492
670 km or 416 mi	Unaizah	$940
684 km or 425 mi	Asmara	$524
703 km or 437 mi	Ha'il	$944
735 km or 457 mi	Mendefera	$490
738 km or 458 mi	Atbara	$1094
756 km or 470 mi	Kassala	$988
769 km or 478 mi	Aswan	$324
790 km or 491 mi	Riyadh	$1586
807 km or 501 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
818 km or 508 mi	Sanaa	$550
842 km or 523 mi	Sayyan	$491
842 km or 523 mi	Tabuk	$988
873 km or 542 mi	Luxor	$314
884 km or 549 mi	Mekelle	$686
884 km or 549 mi	Zabid	$489
890 km or 553 mi	Hurghada	$278
895 km or 556 mi	Qena	$333
904 km or 562 mi	Dhamar	$491
909 km or 565 mi	El Gouna	$294
912 km or 567 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$499
933 km or 580 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$821
947 km or 588 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
948 km or 589 mi	Ibb	$504
951 km or 591 mi	Sakakah	$806
951 km or 591 mi	Dahab	$393
979 km or 608 mi	Taiz	$514

Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2466
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2384
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2371
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2339
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2670
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2270
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2303
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2275
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2552
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2038
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2028
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$1607
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2246
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1805
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2081
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1802
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1926
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2098
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$2134
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1323
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1854
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1651
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$1956
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2014
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1687
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1708
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1764
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1911
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2035
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$1746
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1780
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1317
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1627
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2123
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$1995
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2119
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1542