Abidjan vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abidjan	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1022	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$439	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1190	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$156	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	34	72
😀 Quality of life	37	78
🏙️ Population	4.98M	7.01M

The cost of living in Abidjan is 38% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5348th and 2911th ($1022 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ivory Coast and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abidjan compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7322nd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abidjan vs Riyadh

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	Abidjan	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.2	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.07	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$469	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$247	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1585	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$834	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2092	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.5	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.7	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.97	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$252	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2459	$10598

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Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$882
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$882
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$906
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$889
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$904
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$551
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$937
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$433
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$588
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$729
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$560
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$916
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$354
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$575
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$632
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$487
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$487
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$507
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$755
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$999
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$647
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$649
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$753
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$499
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$590
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$651
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$487
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$709
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$658
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$523
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$774
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$489

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529