Libreville vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Libreville	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1694	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$279	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$501	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$247	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.5	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$480	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	72
😀 Quality of life	40	78
🏙️ Population	797K	7.01M

The cost of living in Libreville is 59% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7071st and 2911th ($668 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Gabon and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Gabon vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Libreville compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Libreville ranked 1st best city to live in Gabon vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6902nd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Libreville vs Riyadh

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	Libreville	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.3	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.2	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.83	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.91	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$276	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$196	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$541	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$378	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.7	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.78%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1336	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$959	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.8	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.24	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.12	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.98	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.65	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.18	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.62	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.08	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.85	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.91	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.5	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.52	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.34	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.27	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.03	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$44.8	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.3	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$226	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5922	$10598

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Cities near Libreville

Distance	City	Cost of living
144 km or 89 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
166 km or 103 mi	Bata	$1121
303 km or 188 mi	Sao Tome	$900
310 km or 193 mi	Trindade	$900
381 km or 237 mi	Malabo	$741
404 km or 251 mi	Limbe	$655
408 km or 253 mi	Douala	$1265
421 km or 261 mi	Buea	$601
449 km or 279 mi	Yaounde	$747
472 km or 293 mi	Kumba	$764
522 km or 325 mi	Calabar	$384
556 km or 346 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
574 km or 357 mi	Aba	$621
575 km or 357 mi	Bafoussam	$555
612 km or 380 mi	Umuahia	$883
621 km or 386 mi	Bamenda	$553
627 km or 390 mi	Owerri	$1611
635 km or 395 mi	Pointe-Noire	$569
643 km or 400 mi	Gamboma	$522
662 km or 412 mi	Kayes	$523
680 km or 423 mi	Madingou	$519
698 km or 434 mi	Awka	$805
703 km or 437 mi	Warri	$881
707 km or 439 mi	Enugu	$462
707 km or 440 mi	Onitsha	$972
727 km or 452 mi	Cabinda	$676
785 km or 488 mi	Benin	$558
791 km or 491 mi	Kinkala	$520
800 km or 497 mi	Boma	$821
822 km or 511 mi	Matadi	$844
825 km or 512 mi	Berberati	$482
829 km or 515 mi	Brazzaville	$580
836 km or 520 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
869 km or 540 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
869 km or 540 mi	Owo	$651
896 km or 557 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
897 km or 557 mi	Akure	$634
928 km or 577 mi	N'zeto	$788
931 km or 578 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
951 km or 591 mi	Lagos	$1113

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