Guarulhos vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Guarulhos	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$753	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1996	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$211	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$349	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$364	$2285
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	95	70
😀 Quality of life	67	78
🏙️ Population	1.32M	7.01M

The cost of living in Guarulhos is 54% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6972nd and 3529th ($753 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 56th 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 1.4 months in Riyadh. Guarulhos ranked 5th best city to live in Brazil vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 4893rd and 879th 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	$8.07	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36.1	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.66	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.98	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$209	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$374	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$244	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.8	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.5	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.5	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.31%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1804	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1176	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.11	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$99.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.91	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.87	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.53	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.19	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.5	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.4	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.7	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.72	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.41	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.1	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.06	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.63	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.3	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.1	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$379	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9734	$9443

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Cities near Guarulhos

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.6 mi	Sao Paulo	$1115
17 km or 11 mi	Mairipora	$724
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$795
19 km or 12 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$687
19 km or 12 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$723
20 km or 13 mi	Poa	$684
21 km or 13 mi	Santo Andre	$742
23 km or 14 mi	Aruja	$713
24 km or 15 mi	Maua	$746
24 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$741
25 km or 15 mi	Franco da Rocha	$752
25 km or 16 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$699
26 km or 16 mi	Diadema	$753
27 km or 17 mi	Taboao da Serra	$754
27 km or 17 mi	Osasco	$782
30 km or 18 mi	Francisco Morato	$753
30 km or 19 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$716
31 km or 20 mi	Carapicuiba	$645
35 km or 22 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$789
35 km or 22 mi	Barueri	$883
37 km or 23 mi	Cajamar	$741
38 km or 24 mi	Embu das Artes	$753
38 km or 24 mi	Jandira	$750
39 km or 24 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$739
39 km or 24 mi	Atibaia	$651
39 km or 24 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$741
41 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$737
42 km or 26 mi	Itapevi	$700
42 km or 26 mi	Cotia	$841
43 km or 26 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$754
43 km or 27 mi	Itanhaem	$715
47 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$783
49 km or 30 mi	Cubatao	$695
50 km or 31 mi	Embu-Guacu	$727
57 km or 35 mi	Sao Vicente	$655
59 km or 36 mi	Santos	$882
59 km or 37 mi	Bertioga	$703
60 km or 37 mi	Itatiba	$751
61 km or 38 mi	Jacarei	$756
61 km or 38 mi	Braganca Paulista	$716

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