Oklahoma City vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Oklahoma City	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1922	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4714	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$1055	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$1716	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$616	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3644	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	71	70
😀 Quality of life	88	78
🏙️ Population	681K	7.01M

The cost of living in Oklahoma City is 18% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 2320th and 3529th ($1922 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1744th 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 1.9 months in Oklahoma City compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Oklahoma City ranked 91st best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 312th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Oklahoma City vs Riyadh

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	Oklahoma City	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.7	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.1	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.04	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$5.84	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.88	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$983	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$769	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1804	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1279	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$247	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84.8	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.22%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2262	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1725	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.02	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.5	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.74	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.88	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.5	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.49	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.44	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.48	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.51	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.27	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.65	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.43	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.7	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.5	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.6	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1590	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25219	$9443

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Cities near Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1955
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1941
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$2011
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1883
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1947
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1758
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$2039
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1865
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1850
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1838
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1853
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1652
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1903
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1571
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1860
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1894
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1876
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1884
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1833
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1842
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1581
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1536
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1762
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2214
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2249
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1860
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1820
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$1979
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2177
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2225
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2285
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2393
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$2115
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2233
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2076
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2293
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2127
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2034
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2188

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$931
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$815
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$931
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1037
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$823
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1109
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1192
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2014
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1923
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$775
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$707
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$465
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$556
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$906
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$489
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1168
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$523
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$492
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$581
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1107
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$565
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$893
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$545
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$487