Leon vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Leon	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$684	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1633	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$256	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$398	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$280	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.8	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$609	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	25 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	30	72
😀 Quality of life	36	78
🏙️ Population	1.58M	7.01M

The cost of living in Leon is 58% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6965th and 2911th ($684 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 115th and 1st in Mexico and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Mexico vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Leon compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Leon ranked 55th best city to live in Mexico vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7382nd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Leon vs Riyadh

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	Leon	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.42	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.8	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.21	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.96	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$615	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$17.2	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.4	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.56%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$390	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$494	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.64	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.8	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.94	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.91	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.23	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.12	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.27	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.54	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.42	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.02	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.15	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.4	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.98	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$26.8	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.69	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$43	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.3	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$194	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2639	$10598

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Cities near Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$768
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$853
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$667
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$634
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$693
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$638
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$725
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$778
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$804
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$983
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$717
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$846
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1021
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$673
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$677
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$753
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$760
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$778
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$696
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$634
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$761
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$747
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$800
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$906
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704

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