Puebla vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Puebla	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$981	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2527	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$458	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$914	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$119	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$651	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	72
😀 Quality of life	53	78
🏙️ Population	1.43M	7.01M

The cost of living in Puebla is 40% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5623rd and 2911th ($981 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 1st in Mexico and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Mexico vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Puebla compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Puebla ranked 12th best city to live in Mexico vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6026th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Puebla vs Riyadh

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	Puebla	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.34	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.31	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.38	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.78	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$461	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$384	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$908	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$821	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.8	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.4	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.4	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.36%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$772	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$601	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.4	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.61	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.6	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.83	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.71	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.27	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.92	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.99	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.29	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.1	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.88	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.53	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$284	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9705	$10598

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Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699

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