Phuket vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Phuket	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$940	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3111	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$519	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$1664	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$29.5	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	7	72
😀 Quality of life	53	78
🏙️ Population	77.6K	7.01M

The cost of living in Phuket is 43% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5827th and 2911th ($940 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Thailand and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Thailand vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Phuket compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Phuket ranked 7th best city to live in Thailand vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6063rd and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Phuket vs Riyadh

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	Phuket	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.23	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$36	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.38	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.68	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.73	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$403	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1891	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1436	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.4	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.17%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4059	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2821	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.5	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.3	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.87	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.19	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.15	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.25	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.71	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.02	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.23	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.36	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.28	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$56.9	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.94	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.56	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.4	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$723	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13013	$10598

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Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810

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