Reykjavik vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Reykjavik	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2723	$1642
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5671	$3429
🏠 One person rent	$1643	$996
🏘️ Family rent	$2600	$1477
🍽️ Food expenses	$800	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.1	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3682	$2566
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	71
😀 Quality of life	89	74
🏙️ Population	140K	7.01M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 66% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 344th and 2922nd ($2723 vs $1642) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Iceland and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Iceland vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Reykjavik compared to 1.6 months in Riyadh. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 152nd and 1210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Reykjavik vs Riyadh

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	Reykjavik	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.6	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$125	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$16.9	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.9	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$5.05	$4.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.94	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1659	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1492	$792
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2694	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2395	$1124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.5	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$64.8	$73.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.07%	5.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6252	$2076
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4951	$1301
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.13	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.6	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.28	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.65	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.71	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.03	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.8	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$31	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.2	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.44	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$4.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.08	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.8	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.6	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.21	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.67	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.24	$5.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.3	$100
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.5	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$83	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.2	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$105	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$142	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$239	$358
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6072	$9649

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Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2304
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2460
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2023
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2011
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1952
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1629
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1554
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1662
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1524
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1681
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1537
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1659
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1734
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1670
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$1884
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1527
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1642
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1803
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1514
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1748
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1399
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1693
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1731
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1520
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1800
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1651
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2043
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1666
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1741
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1305
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1643
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1539
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2244
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1869
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1723
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2175
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1928
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1632
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2391
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$1991

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$1013
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$860
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$959
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1005
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$910
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$868
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1285
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1327
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1872
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1810
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$996
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$710
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$646
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$543
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$875
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$938
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$621
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$892
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$606
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$541
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$594
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$559
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1032
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$606
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$685
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$920
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$798
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$561