Guarulhos vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guarulhos	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$662	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2043	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$189	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$266	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$330	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	72
😀 Quality of life	59	78
🏙️ Population	1.32M	7.01M

The cost of living in Guarulhos is 60% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7119th and 2911th ($662 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 53rd and 1st in Brazil and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Brazil vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Guarulhos compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Guarulhos ranked 4th best city to live in Brazil vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5407th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guarulhos vs Riyadh

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	Guarulhos	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.9	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.4	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.97	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.1	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.7	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.19	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$187	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$690	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$488	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.9	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.3	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1562	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1090	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.3	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.85	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.65	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.63	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.04	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.09	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.78	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.1	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.38	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.54	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.4	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.81	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8512	$10598

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Cities near Guarulhos

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.6 mi	Sao Paulo	$976
17 km or 11 mi	Mairipora	$622
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$687
19 km or 12 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$612
19 km or 12 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$627
20 km or 13 mi	Poa	$605
21 km or 13 mi	Santo Andre	$618
23 km or 14 mi	Aruja	$615
24 km or 15 mi	Maua	$636
24 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$628
25 km or 15 mi	Franco da Rocha	$635
25 km or 16 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$618
26 km or 16 mi	Diadema	$647
27 km or 17 mi	Taboao da Serra	$645
27 km or 17 mi	Osasco	$661
30 km or 18 mi	Francisco Morato	$641
30 km or 19 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$613
31 km or 20 mi	Carapicuiba	$563
35 km or 22 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$663
35 km or 22 mi	Barueri	$703
37 km or 23 mi	Cajamar	$628
38 km or 24 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
38 km or 24 mi	Jandira	$621
39 km or 24 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$644
39 km or 24 mi	Atibaia	$568
39 km or 24 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$624
41 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$656
42 km or 26 mi	Itapevi	$600
42 km or 26 mi	Cotia	$612
43 km or 26 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
43 km or 27 mi	Itanhaem	$614
47 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$722
49 km or 30 mi	Cubatao	$603
50 km or 31 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
57 km or 35 mi	Sao Vicente	$569
59 km or 36 mi	Santos	$732
59 km or 37 mi	Bertioga	$609
60 km or 37 mi	Itatiba	$654
61 km or 38 mi	Jacarei	$639
61 km or 38 mi	Braganca Paulista	$621

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