Denver vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Denver	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2717	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6307	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1692	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2963	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$666	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5130	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	91	72
😀 Quality of life	90	78
🏙️ Population	716K	7.01M

The cost of living in Denver is 66% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 463rd and 2911th ($2717 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 418th and 1st in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United States vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Denver compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Denver ranked 35th best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 158th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Denver vs Riyadh

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	Denver	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.31	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$5.59	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.01	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1812	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1451	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3223	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2613	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.4	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4595	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3621	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.88	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.81	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.4	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.2	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.1	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.91	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.68	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.52	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$145	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.5	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.8	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1528	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16279	$10598

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Cities near Denver

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2548
10 km or 6.4 mi	Englewood	$2381
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lakewood	$2495
11 km or 7 mi	Arvada	$2577
12 km or 7.3 mi	Westminster	$2618
13 km or 8.3 mi	Commerce	$2432
14 km or 8.9 mi	Littleton	$2315
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aurora	$2674
18 km or 11 mi	Northglenn	$2737
18 km or 11 mi	Thornton	$2784
20 km or 12 mi	Centennial	$2525
22 km or 13 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2639
22 km or 14 mi	Broomfield	$2958
30 km or 19 mi	Brighton	$2568
30 km or 19 mi	Lafayette	$2661
31 km or 19 mi	Parker	$2509
41 km or 25 mi	Boulder	$2624
42 km or 26 mi	Castle Rock	$2508
49 km or 31 mi	Longmont	$2661
75 km or 46 mi	Loveland	$2451
79 km or 49 mi	Greeley	$2001
92 km or 57 mi	Fort Collins	$2193
99 km or 61 mi	Colorado Springs	$2421
113 km or 70 mi	Security-Widefield	$2369
119 km or 74 mi	Fountain	$2373
157 km or 98 mi	Cheyenne	$1768
167 km or 104 mi	Pueblo	$2425
182 km or 113 mi	Laramie	$1892
262 km or 163 mi	Scottsbluff	$1854
317 km or 197 mi	Grand Junction	$1974
362 km or 225 mi	Casper	$1642
376 km or 233 mi	Taos	$2396
389 km or 242 mi	North Platte	$1824
407 km or 253 mi	Garden	$1711
412 km or 256 mi	Rock Springs	$1854
426 km or 265 mi	Espanola	$2211
434 km or 270 mi	Farmington	$2623
461 km or 286 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
463 km or 288 mi	Liberal	$1706
484 km or 300 mi	Dodge	$1768

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