Porto Alegre vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Porto Alegre	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$752	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1913	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$320	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$572	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$107	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$454	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	72
😀 Quality of life	56	78
🏙️ Population	1.33M	7.01M

The cost of living in Porto Alegre is 54% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6663rd and 2911th ($752 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 1st in Brazil and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Brazil vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Porto Alegre compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Porto Alegre ranked 10th best city to live in Brazil vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5820th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Porto Alegre vs Riyadh

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	Porto Alegre	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.68	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.97	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.1	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$284	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$245	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$452	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.8	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.9	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.06%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1319	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1259	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.83	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.6	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.88	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.13	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.08	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.26	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.45	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.49	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.8	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.69	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.94	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.29	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.82	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.69	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.9	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.16	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.3	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$281	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7512	$10598

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Cities near Porto Alegre

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Canoas	$632
16 km or 9.9 mi	Cachoeirinha	$546
21 km or 13 mi	Viamao	$624
41 km or 25 mi	Novo Hamburgo	$495
96 km or 60 mi	Caxias do Sul	$564
100 km or 62 mi	Bento Goncalves	$584
107 km or 67 mi	Camaqua	$593
121 km or 75 mi	Santa Cruz do Sul	$599
160 km or 100 mi	Cachoeira do Sul	$536
172 km or 107 mi	Vacaria	$608
208 km or 129 mi	Ararangua	$549
221 km or 137 mi	Pelotas	$537
228 km or 141 mi	Passo Fundo	$540
235 km or 146 mi	Criciuma	$519
238 km or 148 mi	Rio Grande	$529
246 km or 153 mi	Carazinho	$551
252 km or 156 mi	Santa Maria	$500
262 km or 163 mi	Lages	$619
277 km or 172 mi	Tubarao	$578
285 km or 177 mi	Erechim	$577
299 km or 186 mi	Sao Gabriel	$446
311 km or 193 mi	Bage	$463
318 km or 198 mi	Ijui	$537
321 km or 199 mi	Concordia	$589
352 km or 219 mi	Santo Angelo	$544
354 km or 220 mi	Chapeco	$628
363 km or 225 mi	Cacador	$594
376 km or 234 mi	Florianopolis	$857
382 km or 238 mi	Melo	$707
397 km or 247 mi	Brusque	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Santa Rosa	$553
406 km or 252 mi	Blumenau	$632
415 km or 258 mi	Itapema	$639
423 km or 263 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$658
423 km or 263 mi	Santana do Livramento	$510
425 km or 264 mi	Rivera	$758
429 km or 266 mi	Itajai	$659
446 km or 277 mi	Pato Branco	$600
448 km or 278 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$594
474 km or 295 mi	Obera	$461

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