Edinburgh vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	88	72
😀 Quality of life	94	78
🏙️ Population	488K	7.01M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 31% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1491st and 2911th ($2140 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 34th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Riyadh

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	Edinburgh	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$10598

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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