Copenhagen vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	94	70
😀 Quality of life	97	78
🏙️ Population	667K	7.01M

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 63% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 650th and 3529th ($2656 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Denmark and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Denmark vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 4th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Riyadh

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	Copenhagen	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.8	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$9443

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2698
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2429
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2273
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1412
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1907
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2192
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2364
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1701
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1695
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2042
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1590
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1688
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1562
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2113
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1550
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1475
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1412
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1784
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1549
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2158
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1627
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1491
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1781
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1702
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1508
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1691
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1619
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1633
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1891
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1516
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1619
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1689
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1888
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1466
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1681
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1443
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1509
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1667
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1588

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