Riyadh vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$944	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$374
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	72	56
😀 Quality of life	78	57
🏙️ Population	7.01M	2.42M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 132% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 2911th and 6861st ($1637 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 25th in Saudi Arabia and Brazil, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 733rd and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Salvador

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	Riyadh	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677