Reykjavik vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Reykjavik	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2938	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5875	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$1801	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$2674	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$827	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.1	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3761	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	4 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	72
😀 Quality of life	89	78
🏙️ Population	140K	7.01M

The cost of living in Reykjavik is 80% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 200th and 2911th ($2938 vs $1637) 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 1.3 months in Reykjavik compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Reykjavik ranked 1st best city to live in Iceland vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 194th and 733rd 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	$21.5	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$137	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$17.9	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$10.8	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$5.37	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.09	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1839	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1650	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2869	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2456	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$42.1	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.6	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71.4	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.41%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6649	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5599	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.52	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.8	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.4	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.23	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.74	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.94	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$37	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.6	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.26	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.23	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.55	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.2	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.2	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$45.6	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$128	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$162	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$279	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2532	$10598

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Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006

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