Isfahan vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Isfahan	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1618	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$211	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$639	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$170	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.9	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$240	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	66	72
😀 Quality of life	48	78
🏙️ Population	1.96M	7.01M

The cost of living in Isfahan is 68% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8454th and 2911th ($523 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 72nd and 1st in Iran and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Iran vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Isfahan compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Isfahan ranked 5th best city to live in Iran vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6375th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Isfahan vs Riyadh

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	Isfahan	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.39	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.5	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.01	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$0.88	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$898	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$545	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$9.25	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.95	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	26.5%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1187	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$676	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.2	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$2.88	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.87	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.44	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.54	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.45	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.99	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.9	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.48	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.09	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$15.9	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.6	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.7	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.1	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$115	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.35	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.2	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$85.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.2	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$594	$10598

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Cities near Isfahan

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.3 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
27 km or 17 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
28 km or 18 mi	Najafabad	$502
73 km or 45 mi	Shahreza	$502
83 km or 52 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
150 km or 93 mi	Kashan	$562
191 km or 119 mi	Izeh	$525
220 km or 137 mi	Yasuj	$529
234 km or 146 mi	Qom	$488
236 km or 147 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
243 km or 151 mi	Arak	$455
259 km or 161 mi	Dorud	$513
265 km or 165 mi	Behbahan	$536
267 km or 166 mi	Yazd	$573
272 km or 169 mi	Shushtar	$562
291 km or 181 mi	Saveh	$574
292 km or 181 mi	Varamin	$651
305 km or 189 mi	Borujerd	$505
307 km or 191 mi	Dezful	$583
311 km or 193 mi	Qarchak	$681
312 km or 194 mi	Andimeshk	$577
315 km or 196 mi	Pakdasht	$680
319 km or 198 mi	Ahvaz	$597
320 km or 199 mi	Robat Karim	$675
322 km or 200 mi	Malayer	$469
322 km or 200 mi	Khorramabad	$554
324 km or 201 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
326 km or 203 mi	Marvdasht	$563
328 km or 204 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
328 km or 204 mi	Ray	$710
329 km or 205 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
337 km or 209 mi	Kazerun	$557
340 km or 211 mi	Shahriar	$698
341 km or 212 mi	Tehran	$788
342 km or 212 mi	Malard	$693
344 km or 214 mi	Pardis	$665
345 km or 215 mi	Andisheh	$684
346 km or 215 mi	Qods	$698
348 km or 216 mi	Shiraz	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Fardis	$688

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