Riyadh vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$2813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$6464
🏠 One person rent	$944	$1786
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$2984
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$700
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$4579
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	54
😀 Quality of life	78	86
🏙️ Population	7.01M	525K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 42% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 2911th and 313th ($1637 vs $2813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 277th in Saudi Arabia and the United States, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 1.6 months in Sacramento. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Sacramento ranked 81st in the United States, while ranked 733rd and 308th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Sacramento

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	Riyadh	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$19.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$74.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$7.64
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$5.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$1822
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$1446
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$3005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$2512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$193
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$301
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$71.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	6.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$4209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$3946
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$101
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$3.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$5.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$4.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$6.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$17.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$6.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$134
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$54.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$1530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$29998

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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

Cities near Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2652
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2692
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2680
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2708
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2765
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2744
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2848
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2832
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2816
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2684
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2560
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2869
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2612
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2762
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3102
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2624
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3212
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3551
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2732
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2188
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2977
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2170
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3193
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2938
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3015
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3453
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2767
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2778
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2780
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2412
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2816
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2646
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2622
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2932
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3048
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2135
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2840
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2888
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3785
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$3045