Port Vila vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Port Vila	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2036	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4465	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$1277	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$2221	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$602	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.3	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$234	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	1	70
😀 Quality of life	50	78
🏙️ Population	49K	7.01M

The cost of living in Port Vila is 25% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1927th and 3485th ($2036 vs $1628) 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 1.4 months in Riyadh. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6693rd and 899th 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	$12.7	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.6	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.24	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1426	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2610	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.9	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$115	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.07%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4923	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2243	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.7	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.27	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.76	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.33	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.63	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.4	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$621	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6882	$10912

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Cities near Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$2020
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1844
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1851
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1911
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$1095
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$680
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$891
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$910
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1502
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1491
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$714
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$714
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$1032
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$1033
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1863
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1992
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1643
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2341
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2323
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$788
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1825
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1239
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$790
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$789
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1745
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$526
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1273
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$2100
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1752
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1553
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1530

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