Rawalpindi vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Rawalpindi	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$401	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1010	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$150	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$317	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$163	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.5	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$170	$2731
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	68	72
😀 Quality of life	46	78
🏙️ Population	2.1M	7.01M

The cost of living in Rawalpindi is 76% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8953rd and 2911th ($401 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Rawalpindi compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Rawalpindi ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6500th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Rawalpindi vs Riyadh

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	Rawalpindi	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.79	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$13.9	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.78	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.64	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.32	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$58	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$169	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.6	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.1	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.97%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$747	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$421	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.9	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.5	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.95	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.32	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.53	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.25	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.5	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$25	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.95	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.92	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.27	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.78	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.43	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$10.1	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.6	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.2	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.1	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$10.5	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$37.8	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1075	$10598

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Cities near Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272

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