Raleigh vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Raleigh	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2327	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5471	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$1420	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$2324	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$628	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4437	$2496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	82	73
😀 Quality of life	90	80
🏙️ Population	468K	7.01M

The cost of living in Raleigh is 43% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1213th and 3418th ($2327 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1060th 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 1.5 months in Riyadh. Raleigh ranked 60th best city to live in the United States vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 212th and 759th 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	$18.1	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72.4	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.99	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.91	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$5.22	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.35	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1434	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2441	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1941	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$217	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.3	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3119	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2477	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$51.8	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.2	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.77	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.3	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.52	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.37	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.19	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.48	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.72	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.4	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.26	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.25	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.68	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$161	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.1	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1578	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24117	$9818

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Cities near Raleigh

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.6 mi	Garner	$2289
15 km or 9.1 mi	Cary	$2582
17 km or 10 mi	Morrisville	$1818
21 km or 13 mi	Wake Forest	$2225
21 km or 13 mi	Apex	$2338
25 km or 16 mi	Holly Springs	$2387
28 km or 18 mi	Fuquay-Varina	$2331
30 km or 19 mi	Durham	$2219
38 km or 23 mi	Chapel Hill	$2319
60 km or 37 mi	Henderson	$2171
61 km or 38 mi	Sanford	$2105
65 km or 41 mi	Wilson	$2071
77 km or 48 mi	Rocky Mount	$1926
77 km or 48 mi	Goldsboro	$1812
78 km or 49 mi	Burlington	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Fayetteville	$2312
106 km or 66 mi	Asheboro	$2124
109 km or 68 mi	Danville	$1757
110 km or 68 mi	Greensboro	$2065
114 km or 71 mi	Roanoke Rapids	$2112
114 km or 71 mi	Kinston	$2176
117 km or 73 mi	Greenville	$2076
123 km or 76 mi	High Point	$1993
129 km or 80 mi	Thomasville	$2070
133 km or 83 mi	Kernersville	$2152
137 km or 85 mi	Lumberton	$2154
141 km or 87 mi	Rockingham	$2156
149 km or 92 mi	Winston-Salem	$2079
163 km or 101 mi	Jacksonville	$2054
165 km or 103 mi	New Bern	$1893
166 km or 103 mi	Salisbury	$2094
182 km or 113 mi	Kannapolis	$2107
182 km or 113 mi	Lynchburg	$1734
183 km or 114 mi	Concord	$2102
189 km or 117 mi	Havelock	$1983
190 km or 118 mi	Wilmington	$2231
191 km or 119 mi	Petersburg	$2395
196 km or 122 mi	Monroe	$2160
196 km or 122 mi	Mint Hill	$2228
198 km or 123 mi	Roanoke	$1766

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463