Phuket vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Phuket	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1014	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$544	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$932	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$335	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$32.8	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$944	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	27 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	7	73
😀 Quality of life	57	80
🏙️ Population	77.6K	7.01M

The cost of living in Phuket is 38% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5469th and 3418th ($1014 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 0.9 months in Phuket compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Phuket ranked 5th best city to live in Thailand vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6129th and 759th 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	$6.11	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$41.4	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.15	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$3.04	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$595	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$419	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1073	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$738	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.6	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.7	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.28%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4256	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2916	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.4	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.1	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.11	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.4	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.83	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.3	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.35	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.43	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.34	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.44	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.8	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.54	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.6	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.3	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$612	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14328	$9818

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Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$773
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$854
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$807
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$593
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$810
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$756
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$592
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$741
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$570
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$765
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$812
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$509
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$423
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$653
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$754
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$701
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$449
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$552
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$386
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$657
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$466
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$460
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$553
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$461
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$654
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$724
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$472
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$488
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$534
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$787
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$812
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$704
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$681
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$763
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$708
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$731
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$779
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$866

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463