Perth vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Perth	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2562	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5745	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$1566	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$2350	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$224	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4370	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	94	70
😀 Quality of life	96	78
🏙️ Population	2.14M	7.01M

The cost of living in Perth is 57% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 791st and 3485th ($2562 vs $1628) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Australia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Australia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Perth compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Perth ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 11th and 899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Perth vs Riyadh

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	Perth	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.4	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.4	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.26	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1736	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1309	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2661	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1980	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$115	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.4	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.93%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6868	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5243	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.45	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.29	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.96	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.91	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.4	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.77	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.23	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.12	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.5	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.73	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.4	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.05	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.56	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.19	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.5	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$70.1	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$23.9	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.3	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2283	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17749	$10912

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Cities near Perth

Distance	City	Cost of living
156 km or 97 mi	Bunbury	$1831
195 km or 121 mi	Busselton	$2239
372 km or 231 mi	Geraldton	$1986
390 km or 242 mi	Albany	$2018
549 km or 341 mi	Kalgoorlie	$1604
1989 km or 1236 mi	Whyalla	$2133
1991 km or 1237 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
2130 km or 1323 mi	Adelaide	$2355
2357 km or 1465 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
2456 km or 1526 mi	Mildura	$1905
2513 km or 1562 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
2550 km or 1584 mi	Kupang	$504
2590 km or 1609 mi	Denpasar	$493
2599 km or 1615 mi	Mataram	$387
2608 km or 1620 mi	Ubud	$780
2609 km or 1621 mi	Bali	$1115
2621 km or 1629 mi	Ballarat	$1606
2628 km or 1633 mi	Bima	$566
2652 km or 1648 mi	Bendigo	$1493
2655 km or 1650 mi	Darwin	$2065
2672 km or 1660 mi	Geelong	$2179
2680 km or 1665 mi	Blitar	$416
2687 km or 1669 mi	Malang	$358
2687 km or 1670 mi	Melton	$1896
2696 km or 1675 mi	Tarneit	$1813
2698 km or 1676 mi	Sunbury	$1933
2699 km or 1677 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
2700 km or 1678 mi	Batu	$386
2705 km or 1681 mi	Probolinggo	$450
2713 km or 1686 mi	Kediri	$428
2721 km or 1690 mi	Pasuruan	$437
2722 km or 1691 mi	Melbourne	$2543
2724 km or 1693 mi	South Yarra	$1834
2730 km or 1696 mi	Maliana	$499
2740 km or 1703 mi	Frankston	$1889
2741 km or 1703 mi	Ainaro	$500
2742 km or 1703 mi	Madiun	$419
2745 km or 1706 mi	Yogyakarta	$436
2745 km or 1706 mi	Mojokerto	$402
2745 km or 1706 mi	Dandenong	$1913

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