Canberra vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Canberra	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2604	$1642
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5825	$3429
🏠 One person rent	$1591	$996
🏘️ Family rent	$2539	$1477
🍽️ Food expenses	$722	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2863	$2566
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	30	71
😀 Quality of life	82	74
🏙️ Population	381K	7.01M

The cost of living in Canberra is 59% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 522nd and 2922nd ($2604 vs $1642) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Australia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Australia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Canberra compared to 1.6 months in Riyadh. Canberra ranked 7th best city to live in Australia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 367th and 1210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Canberra vs Riyadh

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	Canberra	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$32.8	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$136	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.67	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.84	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.75	$4.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.83	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1634	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1297	$792
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2762	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2099	$1124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$238	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70.3	$73.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	5.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8209	$2076
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6798	$1301
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.11	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$118	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.99	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.73	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$4.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.64	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.51	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.97	$5.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.9	$100
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.4	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.1	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$133	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1861	$358
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14837	$9649

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1723
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1430
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1610
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1463
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1691
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2348
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$1903
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2741
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$1998
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1669
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1404
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1672
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1461
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1707
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1719
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1716
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1693
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1701
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1702
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1317
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2356
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1746
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1707
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1708
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1658
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1673
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$1688
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1327
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1354
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1462
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1639
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1819
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1723
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1622
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2203
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1552

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