Calgary vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Calgary	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2118	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4745	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$1202	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$1911	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$591	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3199	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	53	70
😀 Quality of life	90	78
🏙️ Population	1.31M	7.01M

The cost of living in Calgary is 30% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1716th and 3529th ($2118 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 29th 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 1.4 months in Riyadh. Calgary ranked 21st best city to live in Canada vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 209th and 879th 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	$17	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.03	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1224	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$957	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1544	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$204	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.8	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.55%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3738	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.94	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$87.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.79	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.17	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.95	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.3	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.63	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.56	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.4	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.1	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.2	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$830	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15430	$9443

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Cities near Calgary

Distance	City	Cost of living
106 km or 66 mi	Banff	$1801
137 km or 85 mi	Red Deer	$1841
174 km or 108 mi	Lethbridge	$1761
248 km or 154 mi	Leduc	$1775
265 km or 165 mi	Medicine Hat	$1620
278 km or 173 mi	Spruce Grove	$1676
279 km or 173 mi	Edmonton	$1878
357 km or 222 mi	Sandpoint	$2593
402 km or 250 mi	Kelowna	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Coeur d'Alene	$2331
426 km or 265 mi	Post Falls	$2315
429 km or 266 mi	Penticton	$1773
440 km or 273 mi	Spokane Valley	$2205
442 km or 275 mi	Kamloops	$1815
443 km or 275 mi	Great Falls	$1956
452 km or 281 mi	Spokane	$2187
466 km or 289 mi	Missoula	$2156
517 km or 322 mi	Helena	$2544
524 km or 325 mi	Saskatoon	$1821
526 km or 327 mi	Moscow	$1697
531 km or 330 mi	Pullman	$1899
556 km or 345 mi	Grande Prairie	$1892
560 km or 348 mi	Lewiston	$1701
572 km or 355 mi	Butte	$1634
579 km or 360 mi	Moses Lake	$2009
600 km or 373 mi	Chilliwack	$1884
603 km or 375 mi	Moose Jaw	$1506
607 km or 377 mi	Wenatchee	$2241
616 km or 382 mi	Prince Albert	$1486
630 km or 391 mi	Abbotsford	$2034
636 km or 395 mi	Whistler	$2470
637 km or 396 mi	Walla Walla	$2046
638 km or 396 mi	Bozeman	$2677
641 km or 398 mi	Maple Ridge	$2326
650 km or 404 mi	Langley	$2054
650 km or 404 mi	Pasco	$2074
651 km or 405 mi	Coquitlam	$2590
654 km or 406 mi	Bellingham	$2526
654 km or 406 mi	Richland	$2460
655 km or 407 mi	Fort McMurray	$1934

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$931
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$815
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$931
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1037
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$823
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1109
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1192
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2014
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1923
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$775
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$707
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$465
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$556
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$906
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$489
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1168
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$523
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$492
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$581
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1107
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$565
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$893
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$545
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$487