Moroni vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moroni	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1207	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2774	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$734	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1254	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$356	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$31.6	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$159	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	1	73
😀 Quality of life	14	80
🏙️ Population	74.7K	7.01M

The cost of living in Moroni is 26% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4688th and 3418th ($1207 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Comoros and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Comoros vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Moroni compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Moroni ranked 1st best city to live in Comoros vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 9206th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moroni vs Riyadh

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	Moroni	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.36	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.4	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$673	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$566	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1238	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1027	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.5	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1624	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1381	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.2	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.9	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4.48	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.15	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.7	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.9	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.6	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.9	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.7	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.91	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.25	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.76	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.46	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.7	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$415	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14597	$9818

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Cities near Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1207
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1511
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1168
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$935
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$609
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$567
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$421
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$552
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$496
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$564
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$596
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$458
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$692
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$476
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$493
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$506
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$548
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$527
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$526
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$565
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$495
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$533
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$820
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$612
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$996
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$453
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$420
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$888
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$916
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$811
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$460
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$755
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$549
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$779

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463