Amsterdam vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amsterdam	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2791	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6603	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1828	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$3238	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	72
😀 Quality of life	95	78
🏙️ Population	921K	7.01M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 71% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 331st and 2911th ($2791 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 29th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Riyadh

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	Amsterdam	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.8	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.22	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1920	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1536	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3785	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2716	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9911	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7140	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.59	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.9	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.2	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.64	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.93	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.25	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.2	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.7	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2405	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18104	$10598

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Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$1944
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2291
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1937
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1957
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1995
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2251
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2081
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2180
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1357
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2199
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1861
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1760
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1651
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1829
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2105
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1823
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1893
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1941
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1613
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1764
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1813
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1851
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1999
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1890
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1739
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1862

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