Almaty vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Almaty	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$881	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2223	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$464	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$873	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$270	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.5	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$673	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	72
😀 Quality of life	66	78
🏙️ Population	2.23M	7.01M

The cost of living in Almaty is 46% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6143rd and 2911th ($881 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Kazakhstan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Almaty compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Almaty ranked 1st best city to live in Kazakhstan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 4016th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Almaty vs Riyadh

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	Almaty	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.16	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.7	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.5	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$570	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1064	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.8	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.12%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1799	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1128	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.24	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.1	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.77	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.82	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.12	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.74	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.87	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.59	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.49	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.72	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.7	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.2	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.03	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.3	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.9	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$265	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12609	$10598

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Cities near Almaty

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 14 mi	Kaskelen	$785
68 km or 42 mi	Cholpon-Ata	$652
72 km or 45 mi	Kapchagay	$749
139 km or 86 mi	Tokmok	$667
171 km or 107 mi	Kant	$674
194 km or 121 mi	Bishkek	$713
215 km or 134 mi	Naryn	$637
229 km or 142 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
357 km or 222 mi	Toktogul	$607
360 km or 224 mi	Aksu	$610
363 km or 226 mi	Yining	$543
389 km or 242 mi	Talas	$623
398 km or 247 mi	Artux	$619
413 km or 256 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
427 km or 265 mi	Balkhash	$624
429 km or 267 mi	Kashgar	$634
451 km or 280 mi	Taraz	$441
452 km or 281 mi	Bole	$531
455 km or 283 mi	Osh	$477
471 km or 293 mi	Andijan	$430
472 km or 293 mi	Aral	$601
499 km or 310 mi	Namangan	$538
529 km or 329 mi	Margilan	$591
530 km or 329 mi	Fergana	$626
605 km or 376 mi	Shymkent	$569
631 km or 392 mi	Konibodom	$613
633 km or 393 mi	Chirchiq	$444
633 km or 393 mi	Tacheng	$512
637 km or 396 mi	Wusu	$562
655 km or 407 mi	Kuytun	$571
664 km or 413 mi	Tashkent	$853
670 km or 417 mi	Istiklol	$613
679 km or 422 mi	Kentau	$501
683 km or 424 mi	Ghafurov	$614
684 km or 425 mi	Karamay	$460
685 km or 425 mi	Buston	$615
688 km or 427 mi	Khujand	$623
701 km or 435 mi	Turkistan	$512
731 km or 454 mi	Hotan	$627
742 km or 461 mi	Shihezi	$662

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