Global CityIntelligence

Saudi Arabia / Middle East

Jeddah City Intelligence

Jeddah is Saudi Arabia's main Red-Sea coastal metro, with port economy, historic Al-Balad district, and active service and tourism investment used for regional comparison. Jeddah is a middle east city of about ~4.7M metro in Saudi Arabia. On the composite city-intelligence score, Jeddah sits around the indexed median (72/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~4.7M metro
View of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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Overall score

Use the Jeddah profile to compare cost framing, mobility, and coastal-economy signals alongside Riyadh and other Gulf metros.

Overall72/100
Affordability70/100
Air quality64/100
Energy76/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

72/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Jeddah data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Jeddah city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score72/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living70/100Jeddah's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality64/100Jeddah's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy76/100Jeddah's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety68/100Jeddah's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed74/100Jeddah's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk64/100Jeddah's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience64/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety71/100
Low crime72/100
Personal safety73/100
Night safety64/100
Road safety71/100

Jeddah is estimated to be a generally safe city (71/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators, though night-time scores run lower.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life68/100
Healthcare73/100
Education75/100
Green space42/100
Cleanliness73/100
Infrastructure87/100
Mobility64/100

Jeddah has a high quality-of-life estimate (68/100), with notable strengths in infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness68/100
Education75/100
Green space42/100
Overall safety71/100

Jeddah scores high for family living (68/100), helped by education access.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability72/100
Walkability64/100
Cycling43/100
Infrastructure87/100

Jeddah is high for remote workers (72/100), based on connectivity, affordability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability67/100
Healthcare73/100
Cleanliness73/100
Outdoor lifestyle19/100

Jeddah is moderate for retirement (67/100), appealing for affordability.

Emergency and public safety in Jeddah

Local public safety guidance for Jeddah, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Jeddah, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Saudi Arabia emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Jeddah

Healthcare context for Jeddah, with national-level information from Saudi Arabia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Jeddah, see the Saudi Arabia healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Jeddah

Local mobility context for Jeddah, with national-level context from Saudi Arabia where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Jeddah, see the Saudi Arabia transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Jeddah. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Jeddah

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Jeddah will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Jeddah air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Jeddah modules

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Cost of Living in Jeddah

Jeddah's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Jeddah

Jeddah's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Jeddah

Jeddah's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Jeddah

Jeddah's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Jeddah

Jeddah's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Jeddah

Jeddah's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Jeddah

Cost of living estimates for Jeddah — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Jeddah

Climate profile for Jeddah — Desert climate, annual average 26.9°C, comfort score 51/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Jeddah

Economy and jobs profile for Jeddah — regional center, economy score 68/100, key industries including energy, telecommunications, technology. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Jeddah

Education profile for Jeddah — regional education center, education score 64/100, 6 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Jeddah

Healthcare and retirement profile for Jeddah — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 65/100, retirement score 61/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Estimate a monthly budget for Jeddah

Estimate a monthly budget for Jeddah using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Jeddah

Plan a trip budget for Jeddah using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Jeddah

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Jeddah. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Medina, Saudi Arabia

Same region · about 329 km from Jeddah. Explore Medina's city intelligence profile.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Weekend trip · about 845 km from Jeddah. Explore Riyadh's city intelligence profile.

Amman, Jordan

Cross-border · about 1201 km from Jeddah. Explore Amman's city intelligence profile.

Cairo, Egypt

Cross-border · about 1234 km from Jeddah. Explore Cairo's city intelligence profile.

Kuwait City, Kuwait

Cross-border · about 1240 km from Jeddah. Explore Kuwait City's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Use the Jeddah profile to compare cost framing, mobility, and coastal-economy signals alongside Riyadh and other Gulf metros. Its standout dimensions are energy (76/100) and internet speed (74/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (64/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Saudi Arabia country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Jeddah appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.