Riyadh vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Riyadh	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1628	$887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3587	$2166
🏠 One person rent	$936	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$1460	$592
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2284	$381
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	70	57
😀 Quality of life	78	63
🏙️ Population	7.01M	2.42M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 84% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 3485th and 6337th ($1628 vs $887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th in Saudi Arabia and Brazil, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Riyadh compared to 0.4 months in Salvador. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Salvador ranked 21st in Brazil, while ranked 899th and 5445th 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	$7.94	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$2.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$1.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$999	$420
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$757	$276
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1794	$682
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$405
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.5	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.52%	10.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$2069
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1929	$1176
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$1.11
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$9.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.79	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$9.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$4.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$7.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$2.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$4.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.18	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.7	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$6.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.6	$32.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.2	$55.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10912	$15139

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459

Cities near Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$690
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$691
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$678
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$624
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$660
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$568
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$495
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$661
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$599
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$583
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$571
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$592
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$649
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$601
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$472
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$606
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$671
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$491
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$617
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$630
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$752
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$616
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$696
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$705
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$627
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$641
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$603
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$617
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$598
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$623
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$609
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$680
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$614
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$615
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$637
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$751