Gold Coast vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Gold Coast	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2528	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5661	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$1635	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$2683	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$646	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3481	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	49	70
😀 Quality of life	92	78
🏙️ Population	608K	7.01M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 55% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 839th and 3529th ($2528 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Australia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Australia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 124th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gold Coast vs Riyadh

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	Gold Coast	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.7	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$108	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.8	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.08	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1886	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1330	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2881	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2303	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$136	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.76%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7538	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4593	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.84	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$57.5	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.89	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.06	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.15	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.29	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$26.1	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.19	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.13	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.15	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.4	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.9	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$70.4	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2105	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8134	$9443

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2269
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1813
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1988
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1864
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1288
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1640
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1997
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1867
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2379
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$2050
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1710
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2844
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2482
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1699
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1477
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1695
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1821
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2223
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1824
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1839
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1904
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1860
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1894

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