Kazan vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Kazan	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$868	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2109	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$458	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$285	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.9	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$809	$2496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	54	73
😀 Quality of life	65	80
🏙️ Population	1.33M	7.01M

The cost of living in Kazan is 47% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6377th and 3418th ($868 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 1st in Russia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Russia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Kazan compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Kazan ranked 5th best city to live in Russia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5213th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kazan vs Riyadh

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	Kazan	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.32	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$39.9	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.13	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.66	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$543	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$351	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$961	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$619	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.7	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$6.3	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	18.9%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3331	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2289	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.5	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.37	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.7	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.67	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.69	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.12	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.6	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.93	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.06	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.56	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.69	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.05	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.6	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$10.1	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.4	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$65	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$247	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14288	$9818

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Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917

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