Albuquerque vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	27	70
😀 Quality of life	83	78
🏙️ Population	565K	7.01M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 24% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1965th and 3529th ($2026 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 1st in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United States vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 561st and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Riyadh

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	Albuquerque	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$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	$1143	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$9443

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2040
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2216
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2220
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2418
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2190
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2472
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1734
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1928
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1724
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1855
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1828
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1002
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1876
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2140
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1924
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2323
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1817
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2357
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2451
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2589
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$2023
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1934
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$2168
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2444
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2510
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1930
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2600
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2381
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2298
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2089
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2524
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2286
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2471

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