Brisbane vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brisbane	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2016	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4617	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1227	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2041	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$503	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	72
😀 Quality of life	97	78
🏙️ Population	2.71M	7.01M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 23% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1792nd and 2911th ($2016 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th 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 1.7 months in Riyadh. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7th and 733rd 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	$13.3	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64.1	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.51	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.72	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1443	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2386	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1744	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$77.6	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.7	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.36%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7172	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4905	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.1	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.45	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.98	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.09	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.49	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.75	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.37	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23.5	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.01	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.09	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.9	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$57.5	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1504	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7949	$10598

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1677
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1748
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1683
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1185
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1478
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1448
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1702
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2099
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1824
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1584
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2252
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2539
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1538
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1511
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1416
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1616
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2023
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1619
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1667
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1691
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1643
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1645

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