Adelaide vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Adelaide	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2338	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4797	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$1428	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$2032	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$589	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$180	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3804	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	50	70
😀 Quality of life	93	78
🏙️ Population	1.39M	7.01M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 43% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1210th and 3529th ($2338 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th 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 5th best city to live in Australia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 73rd and 879th 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	$15.9	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.2	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.33	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.02	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1521	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1196	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2231	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1697	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.2	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.37%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8511	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5565	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.19	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.2	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.7	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.56	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.2	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.67	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.55	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.6	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.74	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.16	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1013	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8002	$9443

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2128
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1904
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1487
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1604
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1906
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1928
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2217
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1822
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1815
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2496
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1829
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1894
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1824
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1860
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1896
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1979
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2223
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1898
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1867
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1477
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1821
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1699
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1753
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1710
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2050
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2482
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2308
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2379
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1997
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1288
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1590
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$931
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$815
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$931
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1037
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$823
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1109
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1192
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2014
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1923
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$775
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$707
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$465
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$556
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$906
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$489
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1168
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$523
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$492
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$581
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1107
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$565
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$893
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$545
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$487