Omaha vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Omaha	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2068	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5023	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1218	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2227	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.1	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4141	$2731
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	75	72
😀 Quality of life	88	78
🏙️ Population	486K	7.01M

The cost of living in Omaha is 26% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1666th and 2911th ($2068 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1477th 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 2 months in Omaha compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Omaha ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 242nd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Omaha	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1167	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2548	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1708	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1801	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.5	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.48	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.02	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.97	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.51	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.9	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.4	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.9	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$917	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24732	$10598

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Cities near Omaha

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$2014
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$1994
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1698
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1996
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1759
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1949
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1859
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1865
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1878
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1857
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1853
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1831
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1854
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1706
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1829
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1709
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1777
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1649
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$1993
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1848
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1992
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1922
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1720
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1684
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2196
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1710
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2259
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2121
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2322
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1825
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2437
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2290
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2039
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2325
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2124
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1979

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