Riyadh vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riyadh	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1586	$1750
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3407	$4293
🏠 One person rent	$921	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$1393	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$489
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$171
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2861	$1885
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	71	92
😀 Quality of life	77	86
🏙️ Population	7.01M	2.75M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 9% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 3292nd and 2722nd ($1586 vs $1750) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Italy, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Riyadh compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 796th and 294th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Rome

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	Riyadh	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.92	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.96	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$5.57
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$2.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1969	$2242
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1032	$1322
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.7	$215
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.34%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2212	$7363
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$38.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$4.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$2.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$4.91
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$7.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$3.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.1	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$104	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$123
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$70.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$513
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10359	$10781

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$928
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1654
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1492
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1427
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1316
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1400
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1324
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1545
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1277
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1061
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1058
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1117
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1168
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1424
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1268
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1034
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1129
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1188
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1340
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1148
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1148
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1301
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1259
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1320
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1294
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1249
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1323
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1601
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1212
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1231
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1449
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1342
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1199
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1400
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1208
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1240
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1632
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1262