Bristol vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bristol	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2321	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5439	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1480	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2493	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$547	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3249	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	91	72
😀 Quality of life	88	78
🏙️ Population	472K	7.01M

The cost of living in Bristol is 42% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1113th and 2911th ($2321 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th 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 1.4 months in Bristol compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Bristol ranked 45th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 236th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bristol vs Riyadh

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	Bristol	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$87.6	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.51	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.01	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.58	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1581	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1190	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2825	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2031	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$170	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$262	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.5	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.65%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6737	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6221	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.55	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$106	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.81	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.51	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.56	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.36	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.27	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.3	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$76.3	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.6	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$82.2	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23000	$10598

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Cities near Bristol

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Filton	$2043
17 km or 11 mi	Bath	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Weston-super-Mare	$1717
32 km or 20 mi	Newport	$1889
38 km or 23 mi	Cwmbran	$1852
41 km or 26 mi	Cardiff	$1940
48 km or 30 mi	Barry	$1818
52 km or 32 mi	Gloucester	$1623
57 km or 35 mi	Swindon	$1924
60 km or 37 mi	Taunton	$1594
61 km or 38 mi	Cheltenham	$1739
64 km or 40 mi	Merthyr Tydfil	$1525
68 km or 42 mi	Hereford	$1814
69 km or 43 mi	Salisbury	$1897
69 km or 43 mi	Bridgend	$1902
83 km or 51 mi	Dorchester	$1950
84 km or 52 mi	Witney	$1984
86 km or 53 mi	Worcester	$1569
86 km or 54 mi	Port Talbot	$1704
88 km or 55 mi	Neath	$1691
92 km or 57 mi	Poole	$2312
93 km or 58 mi	Abingdon-on-Thames	$1929
93 km or 58 mi	Weymouth	$1946
95 km or 59 mi	Bournemouth	$1991
96 km or 60 mi	Swansea	$1653
98 km or 61 mi	Oxford	$2494
98 km or 61 mi	Christchurch	$1998
101 km or 63 mi	Eastleigh	$2020
102 km or 63 mi	Southampton	$2039
102 km or 64 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1798
105 km or 65 mi	Exeter	$1885
105 km or 65 mi	Redditch	$1608
105 km or 65 mi	Bromsgrove	$1728
106 km or 66 mi	Basingstoke	$1988
107 km or 66 mi	Kidderminster	$1744
109 km or 68 mi	Exmouth	$1868
109 km or 68 mi	Banbury	$1693
111 km or 69 mi	Llanelli	$1686
112 km or 69 mi	Reading	$2264
115 km or 71 mi	Warwick	$1679

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