Dili vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dili	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$520	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1233	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$227	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$377	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$213	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$27.4	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$139	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	12	73
😀 Quality of life	30	80
🏙️ Population	222K	7.01M

The cost of living in Dili is 68% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8528th and 3418th ($520 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in East Timor and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check East Timor vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Dili compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Dili ranked 1st best city to live in East Timor vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8795th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dili vs Riyadh

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	Dili	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.43	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.7	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.85	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$1.87	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.55	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$219	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$148	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$395	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$265	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38.5	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.6	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.7	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.43%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1475	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$926	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.1	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.45	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.63	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.79	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.54	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.83	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.51	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.2	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.35	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.2	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.29	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.2	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.4	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$95.3	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3267	$9818

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Cities near Dili

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ainaro	$513
62 km or 38 mi	Maliana	$512
97 km or 60 mi	Baucau	$513
282 km or 176 mi	Kupang	$531
473 km or 294 mi	Baubau	$499
607 km or 377 mi	Kendari	$507
611 km or 380 mi	Ambon	$502
719 km or 447 mi	Darwin	$1647
754 km or 469 mi	Bima	$588
779 km or 484 mi	Makassar	$523
829 km or 515 mi	Parepare	$502
857 km or 533 mi	Palopo	$519
1040 km or 646 mi	Mataram	$402
1049 km or 652 mi	Gorontalo	$445
1058 km or 657 mi	Ternate	$447
1061 km or 660 mi	Palu	$549
1061 km or 660 mi	Sorong	$500
1113 km or 692 mi	Bitung	$447
1121 km or 696 mi	Manado	$445
1134 km or 705 mi	Ubud	$834
1139 km or 708 mi	Denpasar	$489
1163 km or 722 mi	Bali	$1134
1265 km or 786 mi	Balikpapan	$598
1273 km or 791 mi	Manokwari	$496
1293 km or 804 mi	Samarinda	$568
1317 km or 818 mi	Bontang	$547
1324 km or 823 mi	Banjarbaru	$449
1347 km or 837 mi	Banjarmasin	$459
1363 km or 847 mi	Probolinggo	$470
1398 km or 869 mi	Pasuruan	$457
1421 km or 883 mi	Surabaya	$551
1427 km or 887 mi	Malang	$384
1438 km or 894 mi	Batu	$409
1452 km or 902 mi	Mojokerto	$413
1470 km or 913 mi	Palangka Raya	$470
1478 km or 918 mi	Blitar	$440
1495 km or 929 mi	Kediri	$447
1550 km or 963 mi	Madiun	$456
1586 km or 985 mi	Tarakan	$524
1628 km or 1012 mi	Surakarta	$409

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