Riyadh vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riyadh	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1627	$971
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3576	$2348
🏠 One person rent	$931	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1463	$876
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2496	$1116
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	73	82
😀 Quality of life	80	71
🏙️ Population	7.01M	5.65M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 67% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 3418th and 5813th ($1627 vs $971) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Saudi Arabia and Russia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Riyadh compared to 1.1 months in Saint Petersburg. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 759th and 3397th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Saint Petersburg

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	Riyadh	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$7.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.8	$34.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$5.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$2.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$654
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1807	$1172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1160	$665
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$68
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$7.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	24.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2939	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.5	$38.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$9.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$0.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.6	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.3	$8.16
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.34	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$1.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.36	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$101	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$5.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.9	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.99	$3.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.5	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$451	$402
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9818	$10534

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$1083
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$1064
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1477
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1516
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1516
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1561
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1265
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$999
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1561
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$680
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1174
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1618
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1611
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1145
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1881
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1580
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1655
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$745
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1947
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1372
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1937
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1601
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$1041
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1383
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1503
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1500
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1524
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1184
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1566