Brisbane vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$2496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	66	73
😀 Quality of life	98	80
🏙️ Population	2.71M	7.01M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 27% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1813th and 3418th ($2065 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Australia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 9th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Riyadh

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	Brisbane	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$9818

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

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