Hempstead vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Hempstead	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2664	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6130	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1711	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2905	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$575	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4990	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	97	72
😀 Quality of life	79	78
🏙️ Population	793K	7.01M

The cost of living in Hempstead is 63% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 556th and 2911th ($2664 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 509th and 1st in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United States vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Hempstead compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Hempstead ranked 181st best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 636th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hempstead vs Riyadh

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	Hempstead	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.8	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.1	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$6.05	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1616	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1489	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2884	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2577	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$199	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.2	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.48%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7917	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5542	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$131	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.63	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.6	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.1	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.2	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.42	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.03	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$111	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.9	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.9	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1388	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27808	$10598

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Cities near Hempstead

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Uniondale	$2610
4.9 km or 3 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Freeport	$2588
6.5 km or 4 mi	North Hempstead	$2635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Merrick	$2593
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Levittown	$2556
11 km or 7.1 mi	Oyster Bay	$2644
13 km or 8 mi	Massapequa	$2586
14 km or 8.6 mi	Long Beach	$2732
18 km or 11 mi	Glen Cove	$2737
21 km or 13 mi	Lindenhurst	$2221
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington	$2974
24 km or 15 mi	Babylon	$2123
27 km or 17 mi	New Rochelle	$3111
27 km or 17 mi	Astoria	$2534
27 km or 17 mi	New York City	$4441
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
31 km or 20 mi	East Northport	$3639
32 km or 20 mi	Eastchester	$2821
34 km or 21 mi	Yonkers	$3004
34 km or 21 mi	Port Chester	$2753
34 km or 21 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
34 km or 21 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
34 km or 21 mi	West New York	$2703
35 km or 22 mi	Harrison	$2725
35 km or 22 mi	Hoboken	$3271
35 km or 22 mi	North Bergen	$2701
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2886
36 km or 22 mi	Islip	$2477
36 km or 22 mi	Greenwich	$3494
38 km or 23 mi	Jersey	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Smithtown	$2338
39 km or 24 mi	Secaucus	$2756
40 km or 25 mi	White Plains	$2913
40 km or 25 mi	Teaneck	$2715
40 km or 25 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
41 km or 25 mi	Greenburgh	$2804
42 km or 26 mi	Hackensack	$2664
42 km or 26 mi	Bayonne	$3302

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