Calgary vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Calgary	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2113	$1642
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4833	$3429
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$996
🏘️ Family rent	$1953	$1477
🍽️ Food expenses	$578	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$189	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3532	$2566
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	71
😀 Quality of life	92	74
🏙️ Population	1.31M	7.01M

The cost of living in Calgary is 29% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1526th and 2922nd ($2113 vs $1642) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 32nd 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 1.7 months in Calgary compared to 1.6 months in Riyadh. Calgary ranked 6th best city to live in Canada vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 66th and 1210th 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	$16	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$64	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.56	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$4.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.12	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1165	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$944	$792
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1993	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1559	$1124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$241	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.7	$73.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	5.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3410	$2076
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3182	$1301
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.69	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.1	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.15	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.22	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$4.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.5	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.57	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.91	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$5.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.1	$100
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.9	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$66.2	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.9	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.8	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$904	$358
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21983	$9649

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1860
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1688
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1675
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1694
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1510
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1711
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1732
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2798
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1696
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2269
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2276
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1718
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2061
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1835
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$2484
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2022
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$1795
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2023
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1858
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1526
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1568
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1789
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1731
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1585
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$1908
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1760
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1613
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2358
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1629
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$1990
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2445
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2064
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2269
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2218
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2034
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2098
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2595
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2251
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$1896
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1722

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$1013
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$860
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$959
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1005
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$910
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$868
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1285
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1327
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1872
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1810
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$996
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$710
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$646
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$543
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$875
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$938
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$621
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$892
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$606
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$541
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$594
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$559
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1032
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$606
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$685
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$920
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$798
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$561