Canberra vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Canberra	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2223	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4990	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$2158	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$563	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4087	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	30	70
😀 Quality of life	85	78
🏙️ Population	381K	7.01M

The cost of living in Canberra is 36% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1443rd and 3529th ($2223 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th 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 1.8 months in Canberra compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Canberra ranked 13th best city to live in Australia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 479th and 879th 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	$15.5	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.1	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.54	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.98	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1538	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1150	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2721	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1726	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.8	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.89%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8609	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5425	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.53	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$88.3	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.6	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.4	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.62	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.14	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.61	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.47	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.28	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.86	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.9	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.98	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.81	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.5	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.08	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.8	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$79.1	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2023	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15408	$9443

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Cities near Canberra

Distance	City	Cost of living
81 km or 50 mi	Goulburn	$1821
161 km or 100 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
187 km or 116 mi	Wollongong	$1695
212 km or 132 mi	Bathurst	$1699
223 km or 139 mi	Orange	$1477
235 km or 146 mi	Blacktown	$1710
238 km or 148 mi	Parramatta	$2482
243 km or 151 mi	Kellyville	$2050
247 km or 154 mi	Sydney	$2844
261 km or 162 mi	Dee Why	$2379
303 km or 188 mi	Griffith	$1824
341 km or 212 mi	Dubbo	$1867
357 km or 222 mi	Shepparton	$1815
358 km or 222 mi	Newcastle	$1997
397 km or 246 mi	Traralgon	$1979
448 km or 278 mi	Pakenham	$1896
454 km or 282 mi	Berwick	$1860
459 km or 285 mi	Dandenong	$1894
464 km or 288 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
466 km or 289 mi	South Yarra	$1829
466 km or 290 mi	Bendigo	$1487
466 km or 290 mi	Melbourne	$2496
470 km or 292 mi	Sunbury	$1928
477 km or 297 mi	Frankston	$1889
485 km or 302 mi	Melton	$1906
488 km or 303 mi	Tarneit	$1822
489 km or 304 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
531 km or 330 mi	Geelong	$2217
535 km or 332 mi	Ballarat	$1604
554 km or 344 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
583 km or 362 mi	Armidale	$1288
649 km or 403 mi	Mildura	$1904
669 km or 415 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
684 km or 425 mi	Warrnambool	$1870
698 km or 434 mi	Devonport	$1898
706 km or 438 mi	Launceston	$1753
796 km or 495 mi	Mount Gambier	$1901
852 km or 529 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
858 km or 533 mi	Hobart	$2308
902 km or 560 mi	Toowoomba	$1766

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