Mexico City vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Mexico City	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1428	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3399	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$774	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$1379	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$431	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1028	$2285
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	93	70
😀 Quality of life	72	78
🏙️ Population	9.21M	7.01M

The cost of living in Mexico City is 12% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4274th and 3529th ($1428 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Mexico and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Mexico vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Mexico City compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Mexico City ranked 1st best city to live in Mexico vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 3354th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mexico City vs Riyadh

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	Mexico City	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.7	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$43.4	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.2	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1035	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$623	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1886	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1143	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.35%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3740	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2224	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.4	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.19	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.93	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.8	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.92	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.97	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.2	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.33	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.8	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.3	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.6	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$473	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11420	$9443

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Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$975
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$969
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1040
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$982
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$917
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1015
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$934
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$986
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$887
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$907
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$1032
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$771
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$987
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$1075
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$981
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$1004
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1241
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$950
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$766
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$926
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$803
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$928
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$926
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$944
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$952
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$846
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$670
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$962
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$950
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$910
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1023

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$931
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$815
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$931
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1037
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$823
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1109
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1192
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2014
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1923
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$775
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$707
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$465
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$556
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$906
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$489
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1168
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$523
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$492
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$581
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1107
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$565
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$893
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$545
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$487