Paris vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$2731
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	99	72
😀 Quality of life	95	78
🏙️ Population	2.15M	7.01M

The cost of living in Paris is 39% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1222nd and 2911th ($2267 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in France and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check France vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 25th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Riyadh

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	Paris	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$10598

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293

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