Adelaide vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	50	70
😀 Quality of life	92	78
🏙️ Population	1.39M	7.01M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 45% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1178th and 3485th ($2355 vs $1628) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Australia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Australia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 75th and 899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Riyadh

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	Adelaide	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$10912

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459