Riyadh vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riyadh	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1627	$2615
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3576	$6248
🏠 One person rent	$931	$1599
🏘️ Family rent	$1463	$2836
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$653
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2496	$3894
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	73	94
😀 Quality of life	80	94
🏙️ Population	7.01M	664K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 38% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 3418th and 689th ($1627 vs $2615) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Riyadh compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 759th and 67th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Rotterdam

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	Riyadh	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$23.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.8	$91.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$7.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$4.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$1583
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$1310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1807	$2846
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1160	$2421
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$177
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$272
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$57.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2939	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$4426
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$4.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.5	$76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$2.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.6	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$4.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$3.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.3	$7.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.34	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$5.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.36	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$101	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.9	$41
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.99	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.5	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$131
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$451	$2107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9818	$13809

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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

Cities near Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2329
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$2228
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2392
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2581
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$2262
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2374
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2222
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$2134
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$2087
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2718
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$1846
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2589
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2302
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2414
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$2238
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$3118
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2568
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2252
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2374
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2263
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2706
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2256
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$2230
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$2178
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1829
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1639
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$2089
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1818
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2318
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1804
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1860
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$2359
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1696
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$2168
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1512
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671