Montevideo vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Montevideo	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1572	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3766	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$680	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$1076	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1140	$2285
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	54	70
😀 Quality of life	77	78
🏙️ Population	1.3M	7.01M

The cost of living in Montevideo is 4% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 3808th and 3529th ($1572 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Uruguay and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Montevideo compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Montevideo ranked 1st best city to live in Uruguay vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 1165th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Montevideo vs Riyadh

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	Montevideo	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.2	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.65	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.94	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$632	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$499	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1137	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$789	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.69%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3552	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2602	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.55	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.9	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.32	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.72	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.39	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$4.3	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.48	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.74	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$9.96	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.53	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.68	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.1	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.1	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$96.5	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$129	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$554	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10526	$9443

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Cities near Montevideo

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Barros Blancos	$1380
21 km or 13 mi	Ciudad de la Costa	$1378
85 km or 53 mi	Florida	$1237
102 km or 63 mi	Minas	$1407
110 km or 69 mi	Maldonado	$1121
113 km or 70 mi	Punta del Este	$1671
155 km or 96 mi	Berisso	$817
163 km or 101 mi	La Plata	$805
168 km or 104 mi	Durazno	$1238
187 km or 116 mi	Berazategui	$758
189 km or 118 mi	Ezpeleta	$706
192 km or 120 mi	Quilmes	$587
194 km or 121 mi	Bernal	$653
197 km or 122 mi	San Francisco Solano	$810
197 km or 123 mi	Wilde	$747
199 km or 124 mi	Villa Dominico	$815
200 km or 124 mi	Monte Chingolo	$863
201 km or 125 mi	Burzaco	$906
201 km or 125 mi	Rafael Calzada	$905
202 km or 126 mi	Glew	$900
202 km or 126 mi	Florencio Varela	$908
203 km or 126 mi	Longchamps	$904
203 km or 126 mi	Temperley	$903
204 km or 127 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$920
205 km or 127 mi	Buenos Aires	$1207
205 km or 127 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$918
205 km or 127 mi	Lanus	$938
210 km or 130 mi	Monte Grande	$927
214 km or 133 mi	Ciudad Madero	$1021
214 km or 133 mi	Ezeiza	$947
216 km or 134 mi	Ciudad Evita	$1014
217 km or 135 mi	Florida Este	$901
217 km or 135 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$1055
217 km or 135 mi	La Tablada	$1062
218 km or 135 mi	Caseros	$1017
219 km or 136 mi	San Justo	$1111
219 km or 136 mi	San Isidro	$866
221 km or 137 mi	Ramos Mejia	$1050
221 km or 137 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$1018
221 km or 138 mi	Isidro Casanova	$1050

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