La Paz vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	La Paz	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$688	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1656	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$304	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$236	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	33	72
😀 Quality of life	46	78
🏙️ Population	756K	7.01M

The cost of living in La Paz is 58% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6947th and 2911th ($688 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Bolivia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Bolivia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in La Paz compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. La Paz ranked 2nd best city to live in Bolivia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6481st and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in La Paz vs Riyadh

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	La Paz	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.01	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$311	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$232	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$421	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.4	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.98%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1230	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$864	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.8	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.6	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.45	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.51	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.83	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.5	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3313	$10598

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Cities near La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$673
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$600
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$520
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$535
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$547
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$538
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$414
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$748
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$588
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$774
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$666
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$507
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$923
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$626
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$780
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$591
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$630
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$673
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$734
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$735
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$598
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$804
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$1011
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$804
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$656
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$787
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$729
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$562
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$575
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$614
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$796
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$577
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$1121
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$606
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$977
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$790
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$580

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