Las Vegas vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Las Vegas	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2271	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5203	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1389	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2398	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$604	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$142	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4042	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	51	72
😀 Quality of life	87	78
🏙️ Population	642K	7.01M

The cost of living in Las Vegas is 39% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1211th and 2911th ($2271 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1100th 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 1.8 months in Las Vegas compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Las Vegas ranked 75th best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 290th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Las Vegas	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.6	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.4	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.95	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$6.11	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1329	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1126	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2493	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1986	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$246	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3295	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2677	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.37	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.93	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.46	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.22	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.95	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.69	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.8	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.4	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.2	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$93.3	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.4	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1017	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13572	$10598

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Cities near Las Vegas

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	North Las Vegas	$2260
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Paradise	$2322
16 km or 10 mi	Enterprise	$2343
18 km or 11 mi	Summerlin South	$2261
21 km or 13 mi	Henderson	$2566
78 km or 48 mi	Pahrump	$2235
127 km or 79 mi	Bullhead	$1852
147 km or 91 mi	Kingman	$1926
174 km or 108 mi	St. George	$2126
181 km or 112 mi	Washington	$2146
202 km or 125 mi	Lake Havasu	$2013
221 km or 137 mi	Barstow	$2749
236 km or 146 mi	Ridgecrest	$2115
241 km or 150 mi	Twentynine Palms	$2592
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar	$2083
254 km or 158 mi	Yucca Valley	$2141
263 km or 163 mi	Apple Valley	$2550
266 km or 165 mi	Victorville	$2568
273 km or 169 mi	Adelanto	$2840
275 km or 171 mi	Desert Hot Springs	$2471
277 km or 172 mi	Hesperia	$2657
289 km or 179 mi	Cathedral	$2421
289 km or 180 mi	Blythe	$2763
290 km or 180 mi	Palm Springs	$2389
290 km or 180 mi	Indio	$2619
292 km or 181 mi	Coachella	$2778
294 km or 183 mi	Palm Desert	$2578
294 km or 183 mi	Yucaipa	$2502
295 km or 183 mi	Highland	$2888
296 km or 184 mi	Banning	$2501
297 km or 184 mi	La Quinta	$2619
299 km or 186 mi	San Bernardino	$2447
299 km or 186 mi	Redlands	$2768
300 km or 186 mi	Beaumont	$2544
303 km or 188 mi	Prescott	$2466
304 km or 189 mi	Loma Linda	$2726
305 km or 190 mi	Colton	$3060
306 km or 190 mi	Rialto	$2701
310 km or 192 mi	Prescott Valley	$2423
312 km or 194 mi	Moreno Valley	$2695

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