Hamilton vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hamilton	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2017	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4455	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1247	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2030	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$542	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2780	$2731
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	72
😀 Quality of life	88	78
🏙️ Population	569K	7.01M

The cost of living in Hamilton is 23% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1784th and 2911th ($2017 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 1st in Canada and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Canada vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hamilton compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Hamilton ranked 18th best city to live in Canada vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 239th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hamilton vs Riyadh

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	Hamilton	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.4	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.66	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1156	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1072	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1990	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1768	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$166	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.1	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.79%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$16293	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4716	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.39	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$84	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.5	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.08	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.74	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.63	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.1	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.4	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.22	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.42	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.58	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.6	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$44.8	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.7	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.8	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$605	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21263	$10598

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Cities near Hamilton

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Burlington	$2185
26 km or 16 mi	Oakville	$2142
32 km or 20 mi	Brantford	$1783
38 km or 23 mi	Cambridge	$2089
42 km or 26 mi	Mississauga	$2370
42 km or 26 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
45 km or 28 mi	Guelph	$1899
48 km or 30 mi	Brampton	$1946
52 km or 32 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
54 km or 34 mi	Kitchener	$2056
57 km or 36 mi	Waterloo	$1977
60 km or 37 mi	Welland	$1554
60 km or 37 mi	Toronto	$2453
67 km or 42 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Vaughan	$2267
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Orangeville	$1861
78 km or 49 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
79 km or 49 mi	Grand Island	$2009
85 km or 53 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
86 km or 53 mi	Markham	$2291
90 km or 56 mi	Stratford	$1680
92 km or 57 mi	Buffalo	$2183
92 km or 57 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
95 km or 59 mi	Ajax	$2432
97 km or 60 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	West Seneca	$2145
99 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Hamburg	$2101
107 km or 67 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
108 km or 67 mi	Lancaster	$2082
108 km or 67 mi	Clarence	$2056
109 km or 68 mi	Oshawa	$1554
116 km or 72 mi	London	$1936
127 km or 79 mi	Erie	$1840
127 km or 79 mi	Barrie	$1849
139 km or 86 mi	Jamestown	$2195
154 km or 96 mi	Orillia	$1910
169 km or 105 mi	Owen Sound	$1799

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