Ecatepec de Morelos vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ecatepec de Morelos	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$832	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1756	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$406	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$434	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.4	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1001	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	88	70
😀 Quality of life	59	78
🏙️ Population	1.93M	7.01M

The cost of living in Ecatepec de Morelos is 49% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6630th and 3485th ($832 vs $1628) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 126th and 1st in Mexico and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Mexico vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Ecatepec de Morelos compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Ecatepec de Morelos ranked 18th best city to live in Mexico vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6030th and 899th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Ecatepec de Morelos	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.59	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.9	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.62	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$407	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$335	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$637	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$290	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.1	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.2	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.2%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3015	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1696	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.02	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.12	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.14	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.66	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.77	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.56	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.53	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.4	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.52	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.9	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.8	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.2	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$350	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8193	$10912

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Cities near Ecatepec de Morelos

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Tultepec	$914
13 km or 8.4 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$940
17 km or 10 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1003
18 km or 11 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$878
21 km or 13 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$981
21 km or 13 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1000
22 km or 14 mi	Mexico City	$1475
22 km or 14 mi	Zumpango	$932
23 km or 14 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$959
24 km or 15 mi	Naucalpan	$977
26 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1050
41 km or 25 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1013
67 km or 41 mi	Pachuca	$763
72 km or 45 mi	Toluca	$994
78 km or 49 mi	Cuernavaca	$874
81 km or 50 mi	Jiutepec	$897
88 km or 55 mi	Cuautla	$1034
100 km or 62 mi	Atlixco	$971
107 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1051
118 km or 73 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
130 km or 81 mi	Taxco	$973
132 km or 82 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
149 km or 92 mi	Iguala	$980
178 km or 110 mi	Queretaro	$1255
178 km or 111 mi	Teziutlan	$960
197 km or 122 mi	Poza Rica	$916
211 km or 131 mi	Celaya	$817
215 km or 134 mi	Tehuacan	$924
220 km or 137 mi	Coatepec	$852
221 km or 137 mi	Orizaba	$952
222 km or 138 mi	Cortazar	$905
224 km or 139 mi	Xalapa	$673
225 km or 140 mi	Morelia	$935
228 km or 141 mi	Yuriria	$961
229 km or 143 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
233 km or 145 mi	Chilpancingo	$755
236 km or 146 mi	Cordoba	$974
249 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$962
265 km or 165 mi	Ciudad Valles	$1003
268 km or 166 mi	Irapuato	$920

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459