Curitiba vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Curitiba	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$817	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2009	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$362	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$608	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$253	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$488	$2496
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	60	73
😀 Quality of life	60	80
🏙️ Population	1.77M	7.01M

The cost of living in Curitiba is 50% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6602nd and 3418th ($817 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 1st in Brazil and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Brazil vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Curitiba compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Curitiba ranked 18th best city to live in Brazil vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5872nd and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Curitiba vs Riyadh

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	Curitiba	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.3	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.55	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.49	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$367	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$250	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$644	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$441	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70.5	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.18%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1916	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1300	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.3	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.8	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.26	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.63	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.37	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.71	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.92	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.16	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.32	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.22	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.87	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.36	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.7	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.08	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.5	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.59	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.5	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.3	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$286	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6739	$9818

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Cities near Curitiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Sao Jose dos Pinhais	$704
16 km or 10 mi	Colombo	$693
77 km or 48 mi	Paranagua	$627
97 km or 60 mi	Ponta Grossa	$570
103 km or 64 mi	Castro	$606
106 km or 66 mi	Joinville	$717
119 km or 74 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$659
139 km or 86 mi	Irati	$558
166 km or 103 mi	Itapeva	$647
167 km or 104 mi	Blumenau	$699
175 km or 109 mi	Itajai	$716
178 km or 111 mi	Registro	$679
183 km or 114 mi	Telemaco Borba	$633
185 km or 115 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$693
189 km or 117 mi	Brusque	$681
196 km or 122 mi	Itapema	$680
220 km or 136 mi	Guarapuava	$547
229 km or 143 mi	Cacador	$625
239 km or 148 mi	Itapetininga	$588
251 km or 156 mi	Florianopolis	$904
261 km or 162 mi	Peruibe	$662
262 km or 163 mi	Avare	$603
272 km or 169 mi	Tatui	$616
279 km or 173 mi	Ourinhos	$621
282 km or 175 mi	Sorocaba	$622
285 km or 177 mi	Lages	$666
286 km or 178 mi	Ibiuna	$666
295 km or 183 mi	Botucatu	$542
302 km or 188 mi	Sao Roque	$673
304 km or 189 mi	Londrina	$615
304 km or 189 mi	Apucarana	$589
306 km or 190 mi	Embu-Guacu	$678
310 km or 193 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$706
312 km or 194 mi	Arapongas	$576
313 km or 194 mi	Cotia	$780
313 km or 194 mi	Itu	$582
315 km or 196 mi	Embu das Artes	$704
316 km or 196 mi	Itapevi	$654
317 km or 197 mi	Rolandia	$554
318 km or 198 mi	Lencois Paulista	$605

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463