Calgary vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Calgary	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2077	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4598	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1226	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1942	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3168	$2731
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	72
😀 Quality of life	90	78
🏙️ Population	1.31M	7.01M

The cost of living in Calgary is 27% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1646th and 2911th ($2077 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 23rd and 1st in Canada and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Canada vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Calgary compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Calgary ranked 8th best city to live in Canada vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 153rd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Calgary vs Riyadh

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	Calgary	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.2	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.7	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.97	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.02	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$991	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2053	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1592	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.03%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3283	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3066	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.57	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.8	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.09	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.12	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.2	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.2	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.77	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.1	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.3	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.4	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$841	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16603	$10598

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1743
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1676
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1614
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1656
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1487
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1588
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1769
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2568
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1886
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2299
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2284
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1638
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2174
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1770
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2007
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2163
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2054
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2327
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1786
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1792
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1612
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1778
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1884
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1632
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1360
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2248
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1446
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2023
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$1968
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2616
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2021
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2050
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2466
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2181
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1871

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