Maseru vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Maseru	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$621	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1508	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$219	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$305	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.7	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$611	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	16	72
😀 Quality of life	13	78
🏙️ Population	344K	7.01M

The cost of living in Maseru is 62% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7441st and 2911th ($621 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Lesotho and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Lesotho vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Maseru compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Maseru ranked 1st best city to live in Lesotho vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 9104th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maseru vs Riyadh

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	Maseru	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.9	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.5	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$125	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$63.3	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$412	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$150	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$180	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.53%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$344	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$472	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.71	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.42	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.01	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.71	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.48	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.77	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.62	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.5	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.66	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.8	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.5	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.3	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$41	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.5	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.9	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1063	$10598

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Cities near Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628

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