Moroni vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moroni	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1105	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2690	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$665	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1278	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$325	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.6	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$613	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	1	72
😀 Quality of life	11	78
🏙️ Population	74.7K	7.01M

The cost of living in Moroni is 32% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4807th and 2911th ($1105 vs $1637) 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 0.6 months in Moroni compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Moroni ranked 1st best city to live in Comoros vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 9179th and 733rd 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	$5.78	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.44	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.65	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$619	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$511	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1061	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.2	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1481	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1246	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.57	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.9	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.83	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.71	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.9	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.05	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.4	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.7	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$372	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13253	$10598

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Cities near Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1100
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1506
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1150
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$872
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$552
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$523
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$486
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$545
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$493
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$507
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$580
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$457
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$675
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$447
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$492
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$507
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$498
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$525
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$502
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$566
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$461
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$561
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$825
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$638
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1003
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$389
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$408
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$748
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$947
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$760
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$589
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$752
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$541
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$794

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