Oklahoma City vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Oklahoma City	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1931	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4731	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$1062	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$1747	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$617	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$104	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3751	$2284
😷 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 19% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 2243rd and 3485th ($1931 vs $1628) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1701st 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 77th best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 277th and 899th 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	$17.8	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.7	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.06	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1018	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$799	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1354	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$138	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$81.2	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.02%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2449	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1707	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$47.9	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.86	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.35	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.6	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.65	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.35	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.1	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.9	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.54	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.3	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.66	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.6	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.5	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.7	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.4	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23633	$10912

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Cities near Oklahoma City

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Del	$1952
14 km or 8.6 mi	Midwest	$1942
17 km or 10 mi	Moore	$2008
19 km or 12 mi	Yukon	$1871
20 km or 12 mi	Mustang	$1924
20 km or 13 mi	Edmond	$1702
31 km or 19 mi	Norman	$2085
57 km or 35 mi	Shawnee	$1885
83 km or 51 mi	Stillwater	$1830
107 km or 66 mi	Enid	$1809
114 km or 71 mi	Duncan	$1843
126 km or 78 mi	Lawton	$1634
142 km or 88 mi	Sapulpa	$1901
143 km or 89 mi	Ponca	$1449
149 km or 93 mi	Ardmore	$1896
159 km or 99 mi	Bixby	$1902
161 km or 100 mi	Tulsa	$1902
170 km or 105 mi	Broken Arrow	$1904
178 km or 111 mi	Owasso	$1836
196 km or 122 mi	Claremore	$1853
198 km or 123 mi	Wichita Falls	$1537
198 km or 123 mi	Muskogee	$1515
200 km or 124 mi	Bartlesville	$1833
212 km or 132 mi	Denison	$2188
222 km or 138 mi	Sherman	$2210
231 km or 144 mi	Derby	$1859
246 km or 153 mi	Wichita	$1811
255 km or 158 mi	Denton	$1968
263 km or 164 mi	Corinth	$2205
264 km or 164 mi	Little Elm	$2209
267 km or 166 mi	McKinney	$2276
269 km or 167 mi	Frisco	$2397
272 km or 169 mi	Paris	$1949
273 km or 169 mi	The Colony	$2220
276 km or 171 mi	Flower Mound	$2125
276 km or 172 mi	Lewisville	$2062
277 km or 172 mi	Allen	$2268
280 km or 174 mi	Plano	$2155
281 km or 175 mi	Siloam Springs	$2042
283 km or 176 mi	Carrollton	$2168

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