Long Beach vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Long Beach	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2851	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6397	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$1879	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$3145	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$664	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$2496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	94	73
😀 Quality of life	78	80
🏙️ Population	467K	7.01M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 75% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 327th and 3418th ($2851 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 273rd 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 1.5 months in Long Beach compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Long Beach ranked 271st best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 982nd and 759th 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	$19	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.4	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.12	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.7	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.53	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1954	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1662	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3174	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2872	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$56.6	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.49%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7032	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6937	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.7	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$34.2	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.3	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.03	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.6	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.86	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.81	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.36	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.4	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.14	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.07	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.93	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.64	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.3	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1674	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19997	$9818

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463