Port Vila vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Port Vila	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1884	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4044	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$1157	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$1891	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$573	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.3	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$232	$2496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	1	73
😀 Quality of life	38	80
🏙️ Population	49K	7.01M

The cost of living in Port Vila is 16% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 2383rd and 3418th ($1884 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Vanuatu and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Vanuatu vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Port Vila compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7974th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Port Vila vs Riyadh

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	Port Vila	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.2	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.9	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.57	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1355	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$889	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2429	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1495	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.8	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$110	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.04%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3691	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2257	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.43	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.7	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.59	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.15	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.15	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.26	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.9	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.71	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.86	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.7	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.23	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.8	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.19	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.07	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.85	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.79	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$64	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10.3	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.4	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$607	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6627	$9818

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Cities near Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$1882
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1811
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1807
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1878
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$997
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$596
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$836
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$818
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1419
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1417
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$684
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$683
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$1024
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$1022
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1710
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1798
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1503
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2140
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2065
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$733
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1662
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1250
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$751
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$753
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1675
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$533
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1184
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$1961
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1716
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1678
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1499

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