Brisbane vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1586
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$3407
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$921
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$1393
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$176
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$2861
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	71
😀 Quality of life	97	77
🏙️ Population	2.36M	7.01M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 57% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 781st and 3292nd ($2491 vs $1586) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd 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 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.8 months in Riyadh. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 15th and 796th 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	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$7.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$726
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$1969
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$1032
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$65.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$99.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	5.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$2212
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$1360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$8.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$8.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$2.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$5.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$104
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$49.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$373
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$10359

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489