Gold Coast vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gold Coast	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2239	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4966	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1436	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2255	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3017	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	49	72
😀 Quality of life	88	78
🏙️ Population	608K	7.01M

The cost of living in Gold Coast is 37% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1278th and 2911th ($2239 vs $1637) 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 1.3 months in Gold Coast compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Gold Coast ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 223rd and 733rd 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	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$86.3	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.49	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.38	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.38	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1508	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1209	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2204	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1987	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$108	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8546	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3976	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.5	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.7	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.52	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.38	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.16	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.98	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.25	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.77	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.65	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.28	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.1	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2092	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6970	$10598

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Cities near Gold Coast

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Southport	$2067
71 km or 44 mi	Brisbane	$2016
73 km or 45 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
77 km or 48 mi	Ipswich	$1677
114 km or 71 mi	Caboolture	$1748
138 km or 86 mi	Caloundra	$1683
152 km or 94 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
155 km or 97 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1709
256 km or 159 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
308 km or 192 mi	Hervey Bay	$1638
323 km or 201 mi	Armidale	$1185
367 km or 228 mi	Bundaberg	$1557
383 km or 238 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
511 km or 318 mi	Gladstone	$1478
567 km or 353 mi	Newcastle	$1448
591 km or 367 mi	Rockhampton	$1411
660 km or 410 mi	Dubbo	$1702
669 km or 416 mi	Dee Why	$2099
675 km or 419 mi	Kellyville	$1824
683 km or 424 mi	Blacktown	$1584
683 km or 425 mi	Sydney	$2539
684 km or 425 mi	Parramatta	$2252
703 km or 437 mi	Bathurst	$1538
715 km or 445 mi	Orange	$1511
752 km or 468 mi	Wollongong	$1416
827 km or 514 mi	Goulburn	$1616
904 km or 562 mi	Canberra	$2023
974 km or 605 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
988 km or 614 mi	Griffith	$1619
1182 km or 734 mi	Townsville	$1667
1196 km or 743 mi	Shepparton	$1601
1271 km or 789 mi	Mildura	$1691
1294 km or 804 mi	Bendigo	$1291
1299 km or 807 mi	Traralgon	$1727
1337 km or 830 mi	Sunbury	$1691
1338 km or 831 mi	Pakenham	$1654
1342 km or 834 mi	Berwick	$1643
1344 km or 835 mi	Melbourne	$2194
1344 km or 835 mi	South Yarra	$1620
1344 km or 835 mi	Dandenong	$1645

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