Manchester vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Manchester	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2071	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5081	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1241	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2185	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$510	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2923	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	91	72
😀 Quality of life	92	78
🏙️ Population	548K	7.01M

The cost of living in Manchester is 27% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1662nd and 2911th ($2071 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 46th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Manchester compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Manchester ranked 13th best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 85th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Manchester vs Riyadh

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	Manchester	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.7	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.9	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.7	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.16	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.46	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1351	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$936	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2179	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1788	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$283	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.9	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.9%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5330	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3723	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$110	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.9	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.94	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.46	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.85	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.71	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.58	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$16.6	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.03	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.79	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.5	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$84.8	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1818	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19551	$10598

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681

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