Raleigh vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Raleigh	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2317	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5372	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$1430	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$2327	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$612	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.3	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4411	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	82	70
😀 Quality of life	89	78
🏙️ Population	468K	7.01M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 42% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1246th and 3529th ($2317 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1054th and 1st in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United States vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Raleigh compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Raleigh ranked 64th best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 245th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Raleigh vs Riyadh

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	Raleigh	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.5	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.6	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.67	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$6.02	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.48	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1562	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1149	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1919	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$207	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.1	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3603	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2208	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.97	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.39	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.45	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.8	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.98	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.45	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.63	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.92	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.71	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.6	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.44	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.97	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.2	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$137	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$28.8	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1374	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24650	$9443

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2246
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2470
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1831
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2194
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2278
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2313
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2242
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2109
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2308
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2111
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$1943
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2003
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1780
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1773
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2123
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2159
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2081
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1750
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2036
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2056
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2088
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2057
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1917
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2030
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2202
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$1987
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2079
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2122
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2001
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1847
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2080
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2027
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1814
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$1963
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1969
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2211
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2378
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2126
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2174
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1736

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$931
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$815
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$931
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1037
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$823
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1109
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1192
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2014
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1923
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$775
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$707
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$465
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$556
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$906
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$489
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1168
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$523
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$492
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$581
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1107
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$565
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$893
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$545
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$487