Multan vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Multan	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$392	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1005	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$140	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$304	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$173	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.6	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$197	$2731
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	0 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	72
😀 Quality of life	21	78
🏙️ Population	1.87M	7.01M

The cost of living in Multan is 76% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8975th and 2911th ($392 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Multan compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Multan ranked 15th best city to live in Pakistan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8811th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Multan vs Riyadh

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	Multan	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.72	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.2	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.63	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.39	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$109	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$67.3	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$256	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$200	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.6	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$81.1	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$11.8	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	17.1%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1478	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$654	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.8	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.61	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.19	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.36	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.14	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.53	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.7	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.54	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.66	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.85	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.71	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.77	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.63	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$8.01	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.07	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$15.9	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.8	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.8	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1778	$10598

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Cities near Multan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Khanewal	$361
77 km or 48 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
93 km or 58 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
122 km or 76 mi	Burewala	$356
147 km or 91 mi	Jhang	$292
161 km or 100 mi	Gojra	$342
197 km or 123 mi	Sahiwal	$305
207 km or 129 mi	Okara	$300
209 km or 130 mi	Faisalabad	$306
225 km or 140 mi	Chiniot	$389
241 km or 150 mi	Sargodha	$458
298 km or 185 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
299 km or 186 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Bikaner	$297
317 km or 197 mi	Lahore	$411
331 km or 205 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
332 km or 206 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Gujranwala	$308
358 km or 223 mi	Jacobabad	$325
363 km or 226 mi	Amritsar	$383
365 km or 227 mi	Gujrat	$373
373 km or 232 mi	Sukkur	$339
376 km or 234 mi	Khost	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Kohat	$379
391 km or 243 mi	Sialkot	$281
394 km or 245 mi	Mirpur	$354
409 km or 254 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
417 km or 259 mi	Jalandhar	$358
418 km or 260 mi	Islamabad	$442
420 km or 261 mi	Wah	$382
423 km or 263 mi	Peshawar	$346
424 km or 263 mi	Quetta	$266
427 km or 266 mi	Larkana	$338
430 km or 267 mi	Gardez	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Jammu	$287
432 km or 268 mi	Ludhiana	$441
433 km or 269 mi	Hisar	$251
444 km or 276 mi	Jodhpur	$366
450 km or 279 mi	Mardan	$366
463 km or 288 mi	Sikar	$350

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