Mashhad vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mashhad	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$508	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1452	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$169	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$180	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.7	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$216	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	46	72
😀 Quality of life	50	78
🏙️ Population	3M	7.01M

The cost of living in Mashhad is 69% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8574th and 2911th ($508 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 84th and 1st in Iran and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Iran vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Mashhad compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Mashhad ranked 3rd best city to live in Iran vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6227th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mashhad vs Riyadh

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	Mashhad	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.51	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.8	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.99	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.5	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.08	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.41	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$194	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$129	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$325	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$8.75	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$13.5	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.5	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.07%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1263	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$773	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$4.35	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.48	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.23	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.02	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.16	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$7.94	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$0.89	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.22	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.26	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.8	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.44	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.6	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.99	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.6	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$29	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$20.9	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.5	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$68	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$618	$10598

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Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788

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