Niamey vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Niamey	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1019	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2078	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$609	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$715	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$41.1	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$293	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	12	72
😀 Quality of life	35	78
🏙️ Population	1.5M	7.01M

The cost of living in Niamey is 38% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5369th and 2911th ($1019 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Niger and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Niger vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Niamey compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Niamey ranked 1st best city to live in Niger vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7468th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Niamey vs Riyadh

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	Niamey	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.75	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.6	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.56	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.21	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.96	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$700	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$414	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$135	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$206	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.6	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.03%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1601	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$947	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.9	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.65	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.89	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.2	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.5	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.1	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.58	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.56	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.61	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.94	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.35	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.38	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.34	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.57	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.09	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.74	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.5	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.9	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.1	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$40.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$899	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4390	$10598

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Cities near Niamey

Distance	City	Cost of living
231 km or 143 mi	Dori	$771
249 km or 155 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
342 km or 212 mi	Sokoto	$426
401 km or 249 mi	Manga	$774
415 km or 258 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
452 km or 281 mi	Kara	$658
490 km or 304 mi	Ouahigouya	$756
505 km or 314 mi	Koudougou	$743
514 km or 320 mi	Sokode	$651
516 km or 321 mi	Gusau	$587
530 km or 329 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Maradi	$972
559 km or 347 mi	Tamale	$507
563 km or 350 mi	Sotouboua	$649
597 km or 371 mi	Katsina	$579
610 km or 379 mi	Save	$613
615 km or 382 mi	Dedougou	$735
617 km or 384 mi	Ilorin	$535
650 km or 404 mi	Minna	$743
653 km or 405 mi	Nouna	$733
662 km or 411 mi	Oyo	$677
665 km or 413 mi	Zaria	$526
668 km or 415 mi	Kaduna	$371
674 km or 419 mi	Atakpame	$647
693 km or 430 mi	Osogbo	$695
703 km or 437 mi	Abomey	$590
708 km or 440 mi	Ibadan	$776
715 km or 444 mi	Kano	$553
720 km or 447 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
723 km or 450 mi	Ife	$779
729 km or 453 mi	Hohoe	$575
738 km or 458 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
741 km or 460 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
743 km or 462 mi	Zinder	$974
751 km or 467 mi	Kpalime	$632
768 km or 477 mi	Abuja	$1502
773 km or 480 mi	Akure	$634
783 km or 487 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
788 km or 489 mi	Ho	$354
795 km or 494 mi	Cotonou	$709

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