Guadalajara vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Guadalajara	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1222	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2949	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$575	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$998	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$435	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$795	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	47	70
😀 Quality of life	63	78
🏙️ Population	1.39M	7.01M

The cost of living in Guadalajara is 25% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4703rd and 3485th ($1222 vs $1628) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 15th 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 0.7 months in Guadalajara compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Guadalajara ranked 4th best city to live in Mexico vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5440th and 899th 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	$13.3	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.87	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.4	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$783	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$447	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1440	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$792	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$46	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.63%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3299	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2044	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.3	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.47	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.44	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.55	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.37	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.2	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.96	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.62	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.33	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.6	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$116	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$272	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11283	$10912

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Cities near Guadalajara

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Tlaquepaque	$775
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Zapopan	$1349
92 km or 57 mi	La Barca	$993
108 km or 67 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$937
135 km or 84 mi	Zamora	$984
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1161
159 km or 99 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
164 km or 102 mi	Colima	$814
165 km or 103 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1008
173 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$969
180 km or 112 mi	Leon	$869
185 km or 115 mi	Tepic	$760
188 km or 117 mi	Zacapu	$1005
194 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$895
196 km or 122 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1420
202 km or 125 mi	Silao	$941
204 km or 127 mi	Tecoman	$932
205 km or 127 mi	Apatzingan	$968
207 km or 129 mi	Manzanillo	$959
208 km or 129 mi	Irapuato	$920
219 km or 136 mi	Sayulita	$1211
221 km or 137 mi	Guanajuato	$874
224 km or 139 mi	Salamanca	$962
237 km or 147 mi	Yuriria	$961
246 km or 153 mi	Zacatecas	$660
249 km or 155 mi	Cortazar	$905
250 km or 155 mi	Morelia	$935
264 km or 164 mi	Celaya	$817
272 km or 169 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
282 km or 175 mi	Fresnillo	$864
295 km or 183 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1124
308 km or 191 mi	Queretaro	$1255
326 km or 203 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$902
350 km or 218 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
352 km or 219 mi	Rioverde	$1069
364 km or 226 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
387 km or 241 mi	Zihuatanejo	$909
396 km or 246 mi	Durango	$764
416 km or 258 mi	Toluca	$994
425 km or 264 mi	Mazatlan	$1085

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459