Kaohsiung vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kaohsiung	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$956	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2684	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$361	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$819	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.8	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1264	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	80	72
😀 Quality of life	83	78
🏙️ Population	2.73M	7.01M

The cost of living in Kaohsiung is 42% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5750th and 2911th ($956 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Taiwan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Taiwan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Kaohsiung compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Kaohsiung ranked 4th best city to live in Taiwan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 417th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kaohsiung vs Riyadh

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	Kaohsiung	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.6	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.53	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.84	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$363	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$234	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$876	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$623	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.7	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.8	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.19%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4370	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2797	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.76	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.72	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.25	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.97	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.6	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.33	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.06	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.18	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.3	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.75	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$83	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10905	$10598

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Cities near Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601

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