Davao vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Davao	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$626	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$294	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$226	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$43.6	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$492	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	38	72
😀 Quality of life	60	78
🏙️ Population	1.78M	7.01M

The cost of living in Davao is 62% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7397th and 2911th ($626 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 1st in the Philippines and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the Philippines vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Davao compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Davao ranked 7th best city to live in the Philippines vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5168th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Davao vs Riyadh

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	Davao	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.1	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.78	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$313	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$165	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$629	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$324	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.8	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.62%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1984	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1513	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.98	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.06	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.51	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.5	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.12	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.34	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.69	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.99	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.02	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.01	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$7.99	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.73	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$117	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7817	$10598

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Cities near Davao

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Panabo	$572
45 km or 28 mi	Digos	$553
48 km or 30 mi	Tagum	$562
104 km or 65 mi	Koronadal	$417
109 km or 68 mi	Valencia	$541
111 km or 69 mi	Polomolok	$377
116 km or 72 mi	General Santos	$440
132 km or 82 mi	Malaybalay	$553
150 km or 93 mi	Cotabato	$407
177 km or 110 mi	Marawi	$431
189 km or 118 mi	Cagayan de Oro	$597
197 km or 123 mi	Iligan	$518
210 km or 130 mi	Butuan	$504
254 km or 158 mi	Pagadian	$492
302 km or 188 mi	Surigao	$650
315 km or 196 mi	Siargao	$589
388 km or 241 mi	Zamboanga	$516
403 km or 250 mi	Lapu-Lapu	$667
404 km or 251 mi	Talisay	$707
405 km or 252 mi	Cebu	$709
407 km or 253 mi	Mandaue	$735
427 km or 265 mi	Toledo	$727
446 km or 277 mi	Kabankalan	$595
452 km or 281 mi	Ormoc	$587
469 km or 292 mi	Tacloban	$610
491 km or 305 mi	Bago	$562
496 km or 308 mi	Bacolod	$567
500 km or 311 mi	Cadiz	$598
525 km or 326 mi	Iloilo	$524
567 km or 352 mi	Calbayog	$450
592 km or 368 mi	Roxas	$566
625 km or 389 mi	Manado	$439
626 km or 389 mi	Bitung	$442
679 km or 422 mi	Boracay	$820
679 km or 422 mi	Sorsogon	$520
705 km or 438 mi	Legazpi	$580
726 km or 451 mi	Ternate	$442
775 km or 482 mi	Naga	$498
778 km or 484 mi	Gorontalo	$441
810 km or 504 mi	Puerto Princesa	$593

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529