Kansas vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kansas	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2121	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5385	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1182	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2164	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$649	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4006	$2731
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	64	72
😀 Quality of life	86	78
🏙️ Population	508K	7.01M

The cost of living in Kansas is 30% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1532nd and 2911th ($2121 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1366th 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 Kansas compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Kansas ranked 85th best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 320th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Kansas	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.7	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.1	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.99	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$5.35	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.29	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1212	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$942	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2362	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1791	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$132	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$205	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.3	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2153	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1909	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.04	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$52.5	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.81	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.56	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.58	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.52	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.13	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.92	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.14	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.07	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.96	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.19	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$58.7	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$146	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.5	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1376	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28999	$10598

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Cities near Kansas

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kansas City	$2196
12 km or 7.4 mi	Raytown	$2039
15 km or 9.2 mi	Leawood	$2325
15 km or 9.2 mi	Overland Park	$2437
15 km or 9.2 mi	Independence	$1825
16 km or 10 mi	Shawnee	$2259
18 km or 11 mi	Lenexa	$2322
18 km or 11 mi	Gladstone	$1992
19 km or 12 mi	Grandview	$2219
23 km or 14 mi	Lee's Summit	$2063
25 km or 16 mi	Liberty	$1922
26 km or 16 mi	Belton	$1821
27 km or 17 mi	Olathe	$2290
27 km or 17 mi	Blue Springs	$1979
39 km or 24 mi	Gardner	$2124
41 km or 26 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
57 km or 35 mi	Lawrence	$1720
82 km or 51 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
95 km or 59 mi	Topeka	$1649
123 km or 77 mi	Sedalia	$1912
156 km or 97 mi	Emporia	$1337
174 km or 108 mi	Manhattan	$1777
183 km or 113 mi	Pittsburg	$1902
195 km or 121 mi	Columbia	$1549
195 km or 121 mi	Junction	$1993
215 km or 134 mi	Jefferson	$1801
219 km or 136 mi	Joplin	$1896
235 km or 146 mi	Springfield	$1534
250 km or 155 mi	Nixa	$1689
261 km or 162 mi	Bellevue	$2014
263 km or 163 mi	Salina	$1569
265 km or 165 mi	Lincoln	$1698
265 km or 165 mi	Newton	$1730
268 km or 167 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
275 km or 171 mi	Omaha	$2068
283 km or 176 mi	Bartlesville	$1856
284 km or 176 mi	Wichita	$1811
286 km or 178 mi	Ottumwa	$1750
287 km or 178 mi	Derby	$1846

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