Bekasi vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bekasi	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$518	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1321	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$202	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$377	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$216	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$44	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$442	$2731
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	75	72
😀 Quality of life	45	78
🏙️ Population	2.38M	7.01M

The cost of living in Bekasi is 68% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8501st and 2911th ($518 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 1st in Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Bekasi compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Bekasi ranked 13th best city to live in Indonesia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6589th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bekasi vs Riyadh

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	Bekasi	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.6	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.1	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.84	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.69	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$383	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$269	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.9	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.7	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.8	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.11%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$651	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.82	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.5	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.98	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.15	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.1	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.63	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.6	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.8	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$107	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7538	$10598

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Cities near Bekasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Jakarta	$701
27 km or 16 mi	Depok	$385
32 km or 20 mi	South Tangerang	$536
41 km or 26 mi	Tangerang	$558
46 km or 29 mi	Bogor	$513
77 km or 48 mi	Sukabumi	$563
93 km or 58 mi	Cimahi	$500
95 km or 59 mi	Serang	$492
101 km or 63 mi	Bandung	$545
112 km or 70 mi	Cilegon	$488
180 km or 112 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
181 km or 113 mi	Cirebon	$521
211 km or 131 mi	Banjar	$490
212 km or 132 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
225 km or 140 mi	Metro	$432
246 km or 153 mi	Tegal	$480
277 km or 172 mi	Cilacap	$474
304 km or 189 mi	Pekalongan	$471
386 km or 240 mi	Semarang	$493
406 km or 252 mi	Salatiga	$421
410 km or 255 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
437 km or 271 mi	Prabumulih	$417
438 km or 272 mi	Palembang	$395
447 km or 278 mi	Surakarta	$417
482 km or 300 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
523 km or 325 mi	Madiun	$486
563 km or 350 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
580 km or 361 mi	Kediri	$464
591 km or 367 mi	Bengkulu	$500
605 km or 376 mi	Blitar	$453
615 km or 382 mi	Mojokerto	$505
636 km or 395 mi	Batu	$410
639 km or 397 mi	Jambi	$458
644 km or 400 mi	Surabaya	$549
650 km or 404 mi	Malang	$365
670 km or 417 mi	Pasuruan	$510
707 km or 439 mi	Probolinggo	$614
738 km or 459 mi	Pontianak	$427
823 km or 511 mi	Singkawang	$430
844 km or 524 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506

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