Edinburgh vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Edinburgh	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2295	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5636	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$1360	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$2398	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$153	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3514	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	88	70
😀 Quality of life	92	78
🏙️ Population	488K	7.01M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 41% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1307th and 3485th ($2295 vs $1628) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 38th 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 1.5 months in Edinburgh compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Edinburgh ranked 11th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 83rd and 899th 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	$22.3	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.34	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$5	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.58	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1471	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1081	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2686	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1966	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$245	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.86%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6647	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4795	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.96	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.6	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.2	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.31	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.9	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$22.4	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.27	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.65	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.3	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$112	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.6	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1749	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25458	$10912

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1760
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1842
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1640
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1831
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1593
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2114
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1885
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1647
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1704
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1456
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1586
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1596
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1979
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1943
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1784
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1820
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1777
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1778
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1798
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1554
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1872
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1742
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$2005
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1417
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1523
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1404
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1424
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1741
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1834
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1485
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1791
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$2236
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820

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