Ahmedabad vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$452	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1122	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$166	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$318	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.1	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$467	$2731
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	57	72
😀 Quality of life	54	78
🏙️ Population	7.65M	7.01M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 72% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8848th and 2911th ($452 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th and 1st in India and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check India vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Ahmedabad ranked 19th best city to live in India vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5984th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Riyadh

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	Ahmedabad	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.45	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.2	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.02	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.46	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.14	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$117	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$355	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$232	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.8	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.7	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.12	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.86%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$885	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$687	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.29	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.56	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.09	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.68	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.03	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.87	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.98	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.18	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.13	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.87	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.04	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.4	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.48	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.32	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$52.3	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$60.6	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1659	$10598

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$382
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$389
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$376
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$371
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$311
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$310
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$771
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$286
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$311
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$288
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$324
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$298
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$340
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$367
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$378
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$333
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$333
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$348
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$366
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$284
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$339
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$381
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$501
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$279
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$350
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$394
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$363
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$334
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$513
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$295
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$331
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$376
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$325
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$297
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$350

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