Kyiv vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

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Kyiv Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person
$882
$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$2107
$3539
🏠 One person rent
$454
$946
🏘️ Family rent
$749
$1446
🍽️ Food expenses
$273
$370
🚐 Transport expenses
$70.1
$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$440
$2285
😷 Air quality
Excellent
Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity
7 km
21 km
🎓 Higher education
73
70
😀 Quality of life
63
78
🏙️ Population
2.95M
7.01M

The cost of living in Kyiv is 46% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6441st and 3529th ($882 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ukraine and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Ukraine vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Kyiv compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Kyiv ranked 3rd best city to live in Ukraine vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5524th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kyiv vs Riyadh

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Kyiv Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$9.05
$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$31.4
$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$6.96
$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.62
$1.62
☕ Cappuccino
$1.59
$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.71
$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$545
$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$342
$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$980
$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$557
$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$65.2
$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$102
$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$6.4
$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
18.34%
5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2565
$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1111
$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$0.19
$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$14.3
$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$5.85
$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.34
$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.19
$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.68
$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.32
$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.98
$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$10.2
$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.94
$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.36
$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.22
$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.58
$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.99
$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.32
$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.75
$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.54
$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.42
$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$1.13
$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$5.39
$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.92
$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack
$2.8
$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$4.12
$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.22
$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$1.47
$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$1.52
$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$36.4
$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$5.98
$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$16.1
$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple
$8.84
$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans
$67.8
$57
👟 Brand Sneakers
$93.5
$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$366
$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$9101
$9443

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Distance City Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi Bila Tserkva
$487
129 km or 80 mi Chernihiv
$500
134 km or 83 mi Zhytomyr
$562
157 km or 97 mi Cherkasy
$476
200 km or 124 mi Vinnytsia
$584
224 km or 139 mi Gomel
$545
250 km or 155 mi Kropyvnytskyi
$599
258 km or 160 mi Kremenchuk
$465
277 km or 172 mi Khmelnytskyi
$546
302 km or 188 mi Soroca
$792
302 km or 188 mi Rivne
$405
305 km or 189 mi Poltava
$490
305 km or 190 mi Sumy
$516
313 km or 195 mi Babruysk
$450
349 km or 217 mi Kryvyi Rih
$492
354 km or 220 mi Balti
$806
360 km or 224 mi Pinsk
$484
363 km or 226 mi Orhei
$826
365 km or 227 mi Ternopil
$464
366 km or 227 mi Kamianske
$637
368 km or 228 mi Dubasari
$796
368 km or 229 mi Lutsk
$554
385 km or 239 mi Mogilev
$622
392 km or 243 mi Dnipro
$748
402 km or 250 mi Chisinau
$967
402 km or 250 mi Mykolaiv
$534
406 km or 252 mi Tiraspol
$561
408 km or 254 mi Bryansk
$686
409 km or 254 mi Kharkiv
$499
409 km or 254 mi Bender
$686
410 km or 255 mi Chernivtsi
$574
411 km or 255 mi Botosani
$869
412 km or 256 mi Ungheni
$1049
420 km or 261 mi Kursk
$682
424 km or 263 mi Iasi
$1042
430 km or 267 mi Belgorod
$757
431 km or 268 mi Baranavichy
$568
434 km or 269 mi Minsk
$836
440 km or 273 mi Suceava
$873
441 km or 274 mi Barysaw
$628

Cities near Riyadh

Distance City Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi Al-Mubarraz
$793
316 km or 196 mi Unaizah
$931
350 km or 217 mi Ar Rass
$815
389 km or 242 mi Dhahran
$931
394 km or 245 mi Dammam
$1037
395 km or 245 mi Jubail
$928
417 km or 259 mi Qatif
$823
420 km or 261 mi Riffa
$1109
421 km or 262 mi Isa Town
$1192
426 km or 265 mi Manama
$1309
460 km or 286 mi Al Wafrah
$1281
480 km or 298 mi As Sulayyil
$1005
491 km or 305 mi Doha
$2014
496 km or 308 mi Al Khor
$1923
540 km or 336 mi Kuwait City
$1461
595 km or 369 mi Ha'il
$775
611 km or 379 mi Umm Qasr
$711
618 km or 384 mi Al-Faw
$707
631 km or 392 mi Bushehr
$465
646 km or 401 mi Az Zubayr
$698
652 km or 405 mi Abadan
$556
658 km or 409 mi Basra
$861
659 km or 410 mi Khorramshahr
$551
668 km or 415 mi Bisha
$906
680 km or 423 mi Borazjan
$489
701 km or 436 mi Bandar-e Mahshahr
$537
713 km or 443 mi Madinat Zayed
$1710
714 km or 443 mi Nasiriyah
$664
719 km or 447 mi Medina
$1168
737 km or 458 mi Kazerun
$523
747 km or 464 mi Behbahan
$492
754 km or 469 mi Samawah
$581
766 km or 476 mi Ahvaz
$571
775 km or 481 mi Abu Dhabi
$2070
790 km or 491 mi Mecca
$1107
798 km or 496 mi Shiraz
$565
800 km or 497 mi Amarah
$680
804 km or 499 mi Bareq
$893
804 km or 500 mi Jahrom
$545
823 km or 511 mi Yasuj
$487