Nouakchott vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Nouakchott	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$653	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1530	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$286	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$447	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$244	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$60.1	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	14	70
😀 Quality of life	45	78
🏙️ Population	1.45M	7.01M

The cost of living in Nouakchott is 60% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7596th and 3485th ($653 vs $1628) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Mauritania and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Mauritania vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Nouakchott compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Nouakchott ranked 1st best city to live in Mauritania vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7210th and 899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nouakchott vs Riyadh

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	Nouakchott	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.54	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.8	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.03	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.79	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$196	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$359	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$240	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.9	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.93%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4558	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1521	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.9	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.94	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.46	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.27	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.55	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.26	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.2	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.58	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.53	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.62	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.92	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.7	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.6	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$69.4	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$96.1	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6774	$10912

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Cities near Nouakchott

Distance	City	Cost of living
175 km or 109 mi	Rosso	$619
234 km or 145 mi	Saint-Louis	$1140
275 km or 171 mi	Louga	$1141
380 km or 236 mi	Thies	$1214
398 km or 248 mi	Rufisque	$1206
404 km or 251 mi	Dakar	$1281
421 km or 262 mi	Fatick	$1163
438 km or 272 mi	Kaolack	$1164
518 km or 322 mi	Banjul	$527
527 km or 327 mi	Lamin	$545
540 km or 335 mi	Brikama	$611
587 km or 365 mi	Kolda	$1119
612 km or 380 mi	Ziguinchor	$1109
672 km or 417 mi	Bafata	$831
693 km or 430 mi	Bissau	$857
877 km or 545 mi	Praia	$987
884 km or 549 mi	Assomada	$979
904 km or 562 mi	Boffa	$983
953 km or 592 mi	Mamou	$1005
965 km or 600 mi	Mindelo	$979
978 km or 608 mi	Forecariah	$984
984 km or 611 mi	Conakry	$1050
1041 km or 647 mi	Banamba	$494
1047 km or 651 mi	Bamako	$561
1048 km or 651 mi	Laayoune	$627
1071 km or 665 mi	Koulikoro	$493
1094 km or 680 mi	Santa Lucia de Tirajana	$1534
1107 km or 688 mi	Freetown	$1272
1117 km or 694 mi	Kankan	$993
1119 km or 695 mi	Las Palmas	$1508
1135 km or 705 mi	Tenerife	$1739
1145 km or 712 mi	La Orotava	$1668
1151 km or 715 mi	Puerto de la Cruz	$1727
1155 km or 718 mi	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	$1642
1157 km or 719 mi	San Cristobal de La Laguna	$1608
1159 km or 720 mi	Segou	$495
1166 km or 725 mi	Markala	$495
1175 km or 730 mi	Bougouni	$494
1179 km or 732 mi	Puerto del Rosario	$1332
1203 km or 748 mi	Corralejo	$1653

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459