Long Beach vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Long Beach	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2661	$1642
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5993	$3429
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$996
🏘️ Family rent	$3159	$1477
🍽️ Food expenses	$584	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5087	$2566
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	94	71
😀 Quality of life	77	74
🏙️ Population	467K	7.01M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 62% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 440th and 2922nd ($2661 vs $1642) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 394th 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 1.9 months in Long Beach compared to 1.6 months in Riyadh. Long Beach ranked 152nd best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 720th and 1210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Long Beach vs Riyadh

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	Long Beach	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.5	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.9	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.58	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.87	$4.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.87	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1874	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$792
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3303	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2822	$1124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$73.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.58%	5.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6502	$2076
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7284	$1301
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.3	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.4	$4.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.05	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.63	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.18	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.63	$5.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$100
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$118	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.2	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1199	$358
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18490	$9649

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2862
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2780
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2615
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2895
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2737
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2541
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2579
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3040
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2685
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2872
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2637
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2935
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2676
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2375
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2800
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2729
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3760
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3148
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2442
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3124
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2661
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2788
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2578
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2638
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2781
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$2886
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2678
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3168
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2777
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2717
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2886
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2621
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2649
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2665
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2867
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2713
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2652

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$1013
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$860
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$959
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1005
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$910
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$868
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1285
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1327
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1872
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1810
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$996
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$710
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$646
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$543
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$875
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$938
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$621
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$892
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$606
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$541
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$594
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$559
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1032
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$606
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$685
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$920
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$798
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$561