Indianapolis vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Indianapolis	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2374	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5581	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$1437	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$2329	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$656	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$123	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4148	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	70	70
😀 Quality of life	89	78
🏙️ Population	888K	7.01M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 45% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1140th and 3529th ($2374 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 975th 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 1.7 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Indianapolis ranked 82nd best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 289th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Riyadh

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	Indianapolis	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.1	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.5	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.6	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.94	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$5.67	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.24	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1555	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2660	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1908	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.1	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.43%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2259	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1739	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.6	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.35	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.8	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.32	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.8	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.3	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.33	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$102	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.8	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1809	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25946	$9443

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2074
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1928
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$2053
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2034
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2011
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1992
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2035
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1855
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1954
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1678
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1806
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2086
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1691
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1497
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$1968
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1830
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2022
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1536
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1911
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1952
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1994
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1993
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1554
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1924
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1933
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2343
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1904
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1895
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2122
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1908
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1901
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1833
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1849
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1752
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1864
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1931

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