Nashville vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Nashville	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2508	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6081	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1562	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2876	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$640	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4538	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	78	72
😀 Quality of life	88	78
🏙️ Population	689K	7.01M

The cost of living in Nashville is 53% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 790th and 2911th ($2508 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 733rd and 1st in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United States vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Nashville compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Nashville ranked 58th best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 244th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Nashville	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.1	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.7	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.91	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.15	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$6.15	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1711	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1308	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3359	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2469	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3428	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3097	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.23	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.6	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.4	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.57	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.98	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.82	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.43	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.64	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.22	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.09	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.7	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.68	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.71	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.9	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.9	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$113	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$27.1	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.9	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.9	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1251	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$30520	$10598

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Cities near Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2499
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2356
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2335
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2340
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2738
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2271
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2302
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2274
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2607
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2016
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2031
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2075
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2259
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1855
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$1969
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1828
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1839
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$1942
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1932
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1350
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1772
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1779
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2192
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2185
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1717
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1728
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1847
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1865
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2166
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2100
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1730
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1432
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1636
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$2025
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2048
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$2116
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1494

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