Milwaukee vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Milwaukee	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2054	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4880	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1211	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1862	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$555	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$118	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3539	$2731
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	82	72
😀 Quality of life	88	78
🏙️ Population	577K	7.01M

The cost of living in Milwaukee is 25% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1702nd and 2911th ($2054 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1506th and 1st in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United States vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Milwaukee compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Milwaukee ranked 55th best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 240th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Milwaukee vs Riyadh

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	Milwaukee	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.27	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.32	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$5.06	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1311	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$979	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2332	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1469	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61.1	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.66%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1701	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.9	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.68	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.2	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.7	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.65	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.34	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.35	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.54	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.84	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.8	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$163	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.9	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$42	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1813	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24191	$10598

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Cities near Milwaukee

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	West Allis	$2001
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Wauwatosa	$1987
10 km or 6.4 mi	Greenfield	$1982
13 km or 8.3 mi	Brookfield	$2019
15 km or 9.4 mi	New Berlin	$1942
17 km or 11 mi	South Milwaukee	$2019
17 km or 11 mi	Menomonee Falls	$1986
17 km or 11 mi	Franklin	$1976
19 km or 12 mi	Oak Creek	$2001
19 km or 12 mi	Mequon	$1998
22 km or 14 mi	Muskego	$1932
23 km or 14 mi	Waukesha	$1760
27 km or 17 mi	Caledonia	$1991
37 km or 23 mi	Mount Pleasant	$2017
38 km or 24 mi	Racine	$2023
46 km or 28 mi	West Bend	$1963
53 km or 33 mi	Kenosha	$1968
57 km or 36 mi	Pleasant Prairie	$2017
64 km or 40 mi	Watertown	$1960
67 km or 42 mi	Zion	$2320
74 km or 46 mi	Fort Atkinson	$1847
76 km or 47 mi	Round Lake Beach	$2313
76 km or 47 mi	Gurnee	$2321
77 km or 48 mi	Waukegan	$2312
78 km or 49 mi	Grayslake	$2298
80 km or 50 mi	Sheboygan	$1817
81 km or 51 mi	North Chicago	$2332
84 km or 52 mi	McHenry	$2327
85 km or 53 mi	Libertyville	$2391
87 km or 54 mi	Mundelein	$2078
90 km or 56 mi	Fond du Lac	$1850
91 km or 57 mi	Woodstock	$2179
91 km or 57 mi	Vernon Hills	$2294
96 km or 60 mi	Janesville	$1789
97 km or 60 mi	Crystal Lake	$2484
97 km or 60 mi	Highland Park	$2345
98 km or 61 mi	Buffalo Grove	$2311
101 km or 63 mi	Lake in the Hills	$2461
102 km or 63 mi	Wheeling	$2371
103 km or 64 mi	Northbrook	$2378

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