Long Beach vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Long Beach	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2683	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6239	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$1744	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$3093	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$136	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4372	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	94	70
😀 Quality of life	78	78
🏙️ Population	467K	7.01M

The cost of living in Long Beach is 65% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 604th and 3485th ($2683 vs $1628) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 532nd 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 1.6 months in Long Beach compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Long Beach ranked 279th best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 958th and 899th 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	$19.1	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.2	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.8	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.35	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$5.82	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1850	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1515	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3208	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2788	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$105	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.08%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7147	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6897	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.75	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.8	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.23	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.57	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.9	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.53	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.56	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.24	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.8	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.51	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.94	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.62	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.4	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.1	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.8	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1650	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19617	$10912

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Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459