Guadalajara vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Guadalajara	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1241	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2983	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$607	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$1060	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$416	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$113	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$750	$2285
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	47	70
😀 Quality of life	62	78
🏙️ Population	1.39M	7.01M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 24% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4689th and 3529th ($1241 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Mexico and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Mexico vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guadalajara compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Guadalajara ranked 7th best city to live in Mexico vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5768th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guadalajara vs Riyadh

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	Guadalajara	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.6	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.49	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.79	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$776	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$492	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1418	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$879	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$27.2	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.5	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.7	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.18%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3091	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2058	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.4	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.5	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.07	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.7	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.93	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.6	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.5	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.3	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$19	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.5	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$252	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11768	$9443

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1280
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$990
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$885
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$746
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1023
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$899
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$914
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$920
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$946
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$956
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$910
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1202
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$817
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$950
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$952
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$664
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$894
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$926
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$803
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$866
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1241
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1044
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$747
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$986
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1102

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