Riyadh vs Sagamihara - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riyadh	Sagamihara
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1627	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3576	$2533
🏠 One person rent	$931	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$1463	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2496	$2373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	73	95
😀 Quality of life	80	82
🏙️ Population	7.01M	726K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 59% more expensive than in Sagamihara. Cities ranked 3418th and 5415th ($1627 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 340th in Saudi Arabia and Japan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Riyadh compared to 2.3 months in Sagamihara. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Sagamihara ranked 11th in Japan, while ranked 759th and 593rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Riyadh vs Sagamihara infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/riyadh/sagamihara.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Riyadh vs Sagamihara infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/riyadh/sagamihara" target="_blank">Riyadh vs Sagamihara - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Riyadh vs Sagamihara

Prices for goods and services in Riyadh and Sagamihara are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Riyadh	Sagamihara
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$4.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.8	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$5.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$420
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1807	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1160	$439
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$101
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$157
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$20.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2939	$5449
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$2919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.5	$68.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.6	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$6.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$30.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$7.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$4.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$4.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.3	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.34	$2.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.36	$1.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$101	$68.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.9	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.99	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.5	$33
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$451	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9818	$10783

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Sagamihara

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.8 km or 3.6 mi	Aikawa	$971
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Machida	$1049
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Zama	$958
11 km or 6.6 mi	Tama	$1040
12 km or 7.4 mi	Hino	$1085
12 km or 7.5 mi	Hachioji	$1286
12 km or 7.5 mi	Yamato	$1017
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ebina	$935
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kunitachi	$1050
15 km or 9.2 mi	Inagi	$1058
15 km or 9.2 mi	Atsugi	$968
15 km or 9.3 mi	Tachikawa	$1073
15 km or 9.4 mi	Fuchu	$1088
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ayase	$959
15 km or 9.6 mi	Akishima	$1100
18 km or 11 mi	Kokubunji	$1050
18 km or 11 mi	Chofu	$1113
19 km or 12 mi	Isehara	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Akiruno	$1086
19 km or 12 mi	Koganei	$1066
19 km or 12 mi	Fussa	$1077
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1066
21 km or 13 mi	Komae	$1115
21 km or 13 mi	Higashiyamato	$1044
21 km or 13 mi	Musashimurayama	$1051
22 km or 13 mi	Samukawa	$983
22 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1125
23 km or 14 mi	Higashimurayama	$1040
23 km or 14 mi	Mizuho	$1045
23 km or 14 mi	Hamura	$1058
24 km or 15 mi	Nishitokyo	$1094
24 km or 15 mi	Uenohara	$1041
25 km or 15 mi	Musashino	$1110
25 km or 16 mi	Hadano	$1016
26 km or 16 mi	Higashikurume	$1049
26 km or 16 mi	Ome	$1054
26 km or 16 mi	Chigasaki	$1046
27 km or 17 mi	Hiratsuka	$1078
27 km or 17 mi	Tokorozawa	$1061
28 km or 17 mi	Fujisawa	$1076