Birmingham vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Birmingham	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2137	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5026	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$1237	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1974	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$535	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$198	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3365	$2496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	95	73
😀 Quality of life	95	80
🏙️ Population	1.14M	7.01M

The cost of living in Birmingham is 31% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1622nd and 3418th ($2137 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 65th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Birmingham compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Birmingham ranked 2nd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 48th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Birmingham	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.5	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.83	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1226	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$939	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1511	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$310	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.8	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.57%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5209	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3967	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.44	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.6	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.93	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.77	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.64	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.27	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.3	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.51	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$19.5	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.77	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.72	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.8	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$110	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$92.1	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1583	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$9818

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Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1933
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1892
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1940
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1787
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1830
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1812
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1818
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1775
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1716
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1840
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2051
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1608
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2134
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1790
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1696
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1851
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1612
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1709
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1899
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1658
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1849
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1795
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1728
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1902
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1783
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1900
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1885
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1831
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1901

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