Fort Worth vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Fort Worth	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2219	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5426	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$1306	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$2248	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$622	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4183	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	81	70
😀 Quality of life	91	78
🏙️ Population	919K	7.01M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 36% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1451st and 3529th ($2219 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1204th and 1st in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United States vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Fort Worth compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Fort Worth ranked 40th best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 163rd and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fort Worth vs Riyadh

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	Fort Worth	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.1	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$57.2	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.51	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$6.48	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.8	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1389	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1024	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2352	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1874	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$78.3	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2560	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1869	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.76	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.91	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.21	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.7	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.7	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.9	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.87	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.95	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.24	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.9	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.29	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.7	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.1	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$122	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1828	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25647	$9443

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2145
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2152
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2155
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2128
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2127
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1907
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2126
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2105
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2124
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2175
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2114
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2302
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2076
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$2114
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2142
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2198
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2138
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2076
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2193
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2177
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2193
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2188
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2461
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2177
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2258
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$1979
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2212
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2233
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2225
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2246
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2127
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2393
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2208

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$931
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$815
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$931
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1037
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$823
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1109
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1192
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2014
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1923
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$775
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$707
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$465
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$556
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$906
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$489
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1168
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$523
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$492
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$581
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1107
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$565
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$893
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$545
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$487