Moscow vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Moscow	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1438	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3409	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$864	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1523	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$357	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$109	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$881	$2496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	96	73
😀 Quality of life	73	80
🏙️ Population	13.3M	7.01M

The cost of living in Moscow is 12% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4141st and 3418th ($1438 vs $1627) 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 0.6 months in Moscow compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Moscow ranked 1st best city to live in Russia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 2664th and 759th 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	$12.3	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.4	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.18	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.27	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.47	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1183	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$660	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2170	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.2	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.08	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.47%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9466	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4008	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.7	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.62	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.87	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.7	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.71	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.57	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.5	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.17	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.09	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.18	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.05	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.92	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.81	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.4	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.34	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.3	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.45	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$78.3	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$688	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15272	$9818

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Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772

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