Luxembourg City vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Luxembourg City	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2446	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5564	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1630	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2795	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$594	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.2	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5865	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	72
😀 Quality of life	89	78
🏙️ Population	136K	7.01M

The cost of living in Luxembourg City is 49% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 870th and 2911th ($2446 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Luxembourg and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Luxembourg vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Luxembourg City compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Luxembourg City ranked 1st best city to live in Luxembourg vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 199th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Luxembourg City vs Riyadh

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	Luxembourg City	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.8	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$81.9	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.19	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.85	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1637	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1371	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2984	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2384	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$242	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$48.4	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.42%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10994	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7751	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.48	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$38	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$31.2	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.59	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.68	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.2	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.5	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.2	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.69	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.56	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.86	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.4	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.3	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.6	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$76	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1477	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16923	$10598

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Cities near Luxembourg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.1 mi	Dudelange	$2266
17 km or 10 mi	Esch-sur-Alzette	$2330
19 km or 12 mi	Petange	$2205
20 km or 12 mi	Differdange	$2160
24 km or 15 mi	Arlon	$1584
28 km or 18 mi	Thionville	$1363
40 km or 25 mi	Trier	$1681
40 km or 25 mi	Merzig	$1351
52 km or 32 mi	Dillingen	$1348
55 km or 34 mi	Metz	$1359
55 km or 34 mi	Saarlouis	$1339
65 km or 40 mi	Volklingen	$1351
75 km or 47 mi	Saarbrucken	$1352
76 km or 47 mi	Sankt Wendel	$1359
79 km or 49 mi	Sankt Ingbert	$1364
81 km or 50 mi	Neunkirchen	$1368
86 km or 54 mi	Idar-Oberstein	$1528
88 km or 54 mi	Sarreguemines	$1333
91 km or 56 mi	Blieskastel	$1371
93 km or 58 mi	Homburg	$1368
97 km or 61 mi	Zweibrucken	$1498
102 km or 63 mi	Nancy	$1194
103 km or 64 mi	Charleville-Mezieres	$1356
110 km or 68 mi	Verviers	$1182
116 km or 72 mi	Pirmasens	$1486
116 km or 72 mi	Mechernich	$1486
118 km or 74 mi	Seraing	$1393
119 km or 74 mi	Liege	$1399
119 km or 74 mi	Huy	$1478
120 km or 74 mi	Kaiserslautern	$1400
122 km or 76 mi	Andenne	$1479
125 km or 78 mi	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler	$1502
126 km or 78 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
127 km or 79 mi	Zulpich	$1490
127 km or 79 mi	Rheinbach	$1507
127 km or 79 mi	Bad Kreuznach	$1553
129 km or 80 mi	Stolberg	$1413
129 km or 80 mi	Andernach	$1476
130 km or 81 mi	Aachen	$1477
130 km or 81 mi	Meckenheim	$1500

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