Dili vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dili	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$511	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1255	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$226	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$422	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$207	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$27	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$391	$2731
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	12	72
😀 Quality of life	30	78
🏙️ Population	222K	7.01M

The cost of living in Dili is 69% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8549th and 2911th ($511 vs $1637) 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 0.8 months in Dili compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Dili ranked 1st best city to live in East Timor vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8098th and 733rd 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	$3.34	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.5	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.78	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.52	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$212	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$147	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$462	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$304	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.8	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.97%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1490	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.37	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.8	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.31	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.95	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.16	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.67	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.63	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.88	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.85	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.2	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.9	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$95.6	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3045	$10598

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Cities near Dili

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ainaro	$501
62 km or 38 mi	Maliana	$503
97 km or 60 mi	Baucau	$502
282 km or 176 mi	Kupang	$509
473 km or 294 mi	Baubau	$506
607 km or 377 mi	Kendari	$512
611 km or 380 mi	Ambon	$507
719 km or 447 mi	Darwin	$1617
754 km or 469 mi	Bima	$597
779 km or 484 mi	Makassar	$525
829 km or 515 mi	Parepare	$508
857 km or 533 mi	Palopo	$522
1040 km or 646 mi	Mataram	$355
1049 km or 652 mi	Gorontalo	$441
1058 km or 657 mi	Ternate	$442
1061 km or 660 mi	Palu	$553
1061 km or 660 mi	Sorong	$505
1113 km or 692 mi	Bitung	$442
1121 km or 696 mi	Manado	$439
1134 km or 705 mi	Ubud	$845
1139 km or 708 mi	Denpasar	$497
1163 km or 722 mi	Bali	$1267
1265 km or 786 mi	Balikpapan	$606
1273 km or 791 mi	Manokwari	$500
1293 km or 804 mi	Samarinda	$580
1317 km or 818 mi	Bontang	$553
1324 km or 823 mi	Banjarbaru	$460
1347 km or 837 mi	Banjarmasin	$469
1363 km or 847 mi	Probolinggo	$614
1398 km or 869 mi	Pasuruan	$510
1421 km or 883 mi	Surabaya	$549
1427 km or 887 mi	Malang	$365
1438 km or 894 mi	Batu	$410
1452 km or 902 mi	Mojokerto	$505
1470 km or 913 mi	Palangka Raya	$475
1478 km or 918 mi	Blitar	$453
1495 km or 929 mi	Kediri	$464
1550 km or 963 mi	Madiun	$486
1586 km or 985 mi	Tarakan	$527
1628 km or 1012 mi	Surakarta	$417

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