Indianapolis vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$2496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	70	73
😀 Quality of life	91	80
🏙️ Population	888K	7.01M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 46% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1089th and 3418th ($2382 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th 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 Indianapolis compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 186th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Indianapolis	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$9818

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2070
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1941
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2035
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2017
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1984
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1969
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1847
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1971
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1848
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1769
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2097
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1731
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1484
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2031
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1851
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1857
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1559
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1915
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1905
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1993
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1990
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1922
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1957
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2480
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1899
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1845
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2140
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1925
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1917
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1980
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1965
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1862
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1961

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463