Moscow vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Moscow	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$1586
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2731	$3407
🏠 One person rent	$612	$921
🏘️ Family rent	$1215	$1393
🍽️ Food expenses	$272	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.9	$176
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1262	$2861
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	96	71
😀 Quality of life	74	77
🏙️ Population	13M	7.01M

The cost of living in Moscow is 32% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5091st and 3292nd ($1075 vs $1586) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Russia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Russia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.2 months in Moscow compared to 1.8 months in Riyadh. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 1280th and 796th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moscow vs Riyadh

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	Moscow	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.34	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$7.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.22	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.62	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$842	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$456	$726
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$1969
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$918	$1032
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$65.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$99.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.71	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.17%	5.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6312	$2212
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3303	$1360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.13	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.55	$8.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.57	$8.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.75	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.41	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$2.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.93	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.73	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.74	$5.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.9	$104
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.07	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.3	$49.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.63	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.1	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$373
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11652	$10359

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489