Adelaide vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$2496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	50	73
😀 Quality of life	94	80
🏙️ Population	1.39M	7.01M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 30% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1686th and 3418th ($2117 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th 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 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 65th and 759th 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	$15.1	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$9818

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463