Peshawar vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Peshawar	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$346	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$824	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$130	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$221	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$130	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$52	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$190	$2731
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	48	72
😀 Quality of life	40	78
🏙️ Population	1.97M	7.01M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 79% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 9093rd and 2911th ($346 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th and 1st in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Peshawar compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Peshawar ranked 5th best city to live in Pakistan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6958th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Riyadh

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	Peshawar	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.33	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$10.7	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.59	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.29	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$106	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$47.1	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$95.2	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.3	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.3	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.9	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.09%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$177	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$148	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.1	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.36	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.79	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.59	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.23	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.18	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.44	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.75	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.79	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.6	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.85	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.72	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.21	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.57	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11.4	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.87	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.5	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$39.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$30	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$518	$10598

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Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596

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