Riyadh vs Sagamihara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riyadh	Sagamihara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1586	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3407	$2705
🏠 One person rent	$921	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$1393	$671
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$406
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2861	$2481
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	71	94
😀 Quality of life	77	80
🏙️ Population	7.01M	726K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 50% more expensive than in Sagamihara. Cities ranked 3292nd and 5210th ($1586 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 346th in Saudi Arabia and Japan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Riyadh compared to 2.3 months in Sagamihara. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Sagamihara ranked 15th in Japan, while ranked 796th and 517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Sagamihara

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	Riyadh	Sagamihara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.92	$4.86
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$34.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.96	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$5.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$3.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$435
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$247
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1969	$551
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1032	$471
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.7	$163
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$21.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.34%	1.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2212	$5827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$3238
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$1.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$21.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$17.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$7.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$4.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$7.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$2.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.1	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$104	$71
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$34.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$35
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$54.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$619
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10359	$13986

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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 Sagamihara

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.8 km or 3.6 mi	Aikawa	$1001
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Machida	$1070
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Zama	$982
11 km or 6.6 mi	Tama	$1057
12 km or 7.4 mi	Hino	$1102
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hachioji	$1252
12 km or 7.5 mi	Yamato	$1037
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ebina	$942
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kunitachi	$1073
15 km or 9.2 mi	Inagi	$1071
15 km or 9.2 mi	Atsugi	$983
15 km or 9.3 mi	Tachikawa	$1092
15 km or 9.4 mi	Fuchu	$1106
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ayase	$976
15 km or 9.6 mi	Akishima	$1106
18 km or 11 mi	Kokubunji	$1075
18 km or 11 mi	Chofu	$1124
19 km or 12 mi	Isehara	$988
19 km or 12 mi	Akiruno	$1098
19 km or 12 mi	Koganei	$1084
19 km or 12 mi	Fussa	$1091
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1095
21 km or 13 mi	Komae	$1112
21 km or 13 mi	Higashiyamato	$1075
21 km or 13 mi	Musashimurayama	$1074
22 km or 13 mi	Samukawa	$1003
22 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1133
23 km or 14 mi	Higashimurayama	$1078
23 km or 14 mi	Mizuho	$1078
23 km or 14 mi	Hamura	$1080
24 km or 15 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
24 km or 15 mi	Uenohara	$1061
25 km or 15 mi	Musashino	$1121
25 km or 16 mi	Hadano	$1033
26 km or 16 mi	Higashikurume	$1079
26 km or 16 mi	Ome	$1084
26 km or 16 mi	Chigasaki	$1062
27 km or 17 mi	Hiratsuka	$1069
27 km or 17 mi	Tokorozawa	$1109
28 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1115