Raleigh vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Raleigh	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2388	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5530	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1484	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2447	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$625	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.8	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4749	$2731
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	82	72
😀 Quality of life	88	78
🏙️ Population	468K	7.01M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 46% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 972nd and 2911th ($2388 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 892nd 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 2 months in Raleigh compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Raleigh ranked 51st best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 221st and 733rd 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	$17.1	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.6	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.74	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.88	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.31	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1468	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1216	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2614	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2029	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.51%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6077	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2879	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$58.4	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.9	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.8	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.45	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.83	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.9	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.38	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.69	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.7	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$158	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.9	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$52	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1481	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21914	$10598

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2281
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2616
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1836
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2229
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2335
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2315
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2290
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2140
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2309
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2169
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2184
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2073
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$2052
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1733
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2144
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2100
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2091
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1764
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2011
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2117
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2076
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2014
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1934
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2058
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2169
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2100
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2136
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2098
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$1952
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1819
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2117
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2136
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1752
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2147
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1976
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2144
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2332
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2182
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2269
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1682

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