Brussels vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	72
😀 Quality of life	89	78
🏙️ Population	196K	7.01M

The cost of living in Brussels is 11% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 2354th and 2911th ($1816 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Belgium and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 190th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Riyadh

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	Brussels	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$10598

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

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