Belgrade vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Belgrade	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1335	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3147	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$717	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1229	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$402	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1147	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	50	73
😀 Quality of life	74	80
🏙️ Population	1.2M	7.01M

The cost of living in Belgrade is 18% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4408th and 3418th ($1335 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Serbia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Serbia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Belgrade compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Belgrade ranked 1st best city to live in Serbia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 2116th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Belgrade vs Riyadh

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	Belgrade	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.4	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.2	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.39	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.81	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$766	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$488	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1414	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$868	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$220	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.8	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.41%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4732	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2936	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.84	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.84	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.47	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.91	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.53	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.82	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.62	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.02	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.9	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$104	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$448	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9637	$9818

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Cities near Belgrade

Distance	City	Cost of living
70 km or 44 mi	Novi Sad	$1141
77 km or 48 mi	Valjevo	$883
97 km or 60 mi	Kragujevac	$918
99 km or 61 mi	Bijeljina	$734
103 km or 64 mi	Cacak	$858
121 km or 75 mi	Timisoara	$971
124 km or 77 mi	Resita	$742
145 km or 90 mi	Tuzla	$707
155 km or 97 mi	Subotica	$832
161 km or 100 mi	Szeged	$934
163 km or 101 mi	Osijek	$1072
164 km or 102 mi	Arad	$708
174 km or 108 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
184 km or 115 mi	Doboj	$669
185 km or 115 mi	Novi Pazar	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Baja	$965
194 km or 121 mi	Sarajevo	$932
196 km or 122 mi	Slavonski Brod	$970
202 km or 125 mi	Nis	$819
213 km or 132 mi	Vidin	$668
213 km or 132 mi	Bekescsaba	$864
214 km or 133 mi	Zenica	$618
217 km or 135 mi	Mitrovica	$557
218 km or 136 mi	Mojkovac	$1164
219 km or 136 mi	Hunedoara	$646
219 km or 136 mi	Szekszard	$890
222 km or 138 mi	Targu Jiu	$832
223 km or 139 mi	Pecs	$1033
224 km or 139 mi	Berane	$1107
224 km or 139 mi	Deva	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Kecskemet	$895
246 km or 153 mi	Pristina	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Plav	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Banja Luka	$920
263 km or 164 mi	Szolnok	$806
267 km or 166 mi	Mostar	$760
268 km or 166 mi	Cegled	$1002
269 km or 167 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
271 km or 168 mi	Kaposvar	$802

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463