Georgetown vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Georgetown	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1062	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3388	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$423	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1181	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$480	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.5	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$536	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	24	72
😀 Quality of life	47	78
🏙️ Population	235K	7.01M

The cost of living in Georgetown is 35% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5085th and 2911th ($1062 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Guyana and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Guyana vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Georgetown compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Georgetown ranked 1st best city to live in Guyana vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6400th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Georgetown	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.42	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.9	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.68	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.21	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$564	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$265	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1529	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$940	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.8	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.1	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.3	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.51%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3867	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1730	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.57	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.4	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.6	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.17	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.1	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.57	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.08	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.18	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.7	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.66	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.8	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.42	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.34	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.7	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$883	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23423	$10598

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Cities near Georgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
88 km or 55 mi	Linden	$1031
93 km or 58 mi	New Amsterdam	$1033
161 km or 100 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$856
347 km or 216 mi	Paramaribo	$881
479 km or 298 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1247
487 km or 302 mi	Upata	$789
496 km or 308 mi	Tucupita	$777
521 km or 324 mi	Boa Vista	$560
524 km or 326 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
532 km or 331 mi	San Fernando	$953
547 km or 340 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
561 km or 349 mi	San Juan	$1178
565 km or 351 mi	Scarborough	$1084
567 km or 353 mi	Port of Spain	$1193
612 km or 380 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$880
637 km or 396 mi	Kourou	$1645
643 km or 399 mi	Maturin	$890
677 km or 421 mi	Cayenne	$1643
704 km or 438 mi	St. George's	$1062
704 km or 438 mi	Grenville	$1070
706 km or 438 mi	Carupano	$737
711 km or 442 mi	El Tigre	$746
720 km or 447 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
730 km or 454 mi	Holetown	$1418
737 km or 458 mi	Cantaura	$674
753 km or 468 mi	Anaco	$639
775 km or 482 mi	Cumana	$716
778 km or 483 mi	Porlamar	$684
783 km or 487 mi	La Asuncion	$695
785 km or 488 mi	Kingstown	$1000
792 km or 492 mi	Georgetown	$1007
805 km or 500 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
808 km or 502 mi	Barcelona	$858
812 km or 504 mi	Lecheria	$837
830 km or 516 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
837 km or 520 mi	Zaraza	$804
861 km or 535 mi	Castries	$1161
905 km or 562 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$782
926 km or 575 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
966 km or 600 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$847

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