Riyadh vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$2033
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$4826
🏠 One person rent	$944	$1209
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$129
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$4114
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	72	81
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	7.01M	1.43M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 19% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 2911th and 1745th ($1637 vs $2033) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1531st in Saudi Arabia and the United States, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs San Antonio ranked 20th in the United States, while ranked 733rd and 117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs San Antonio

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	Riyadh	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$6.38
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$5.3
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$2.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$1268
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$939
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$2285
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$1757
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$73.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$4263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$2070
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$1.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$38
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.03
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$2.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$3.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$8.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$5.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$46.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$89.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$17.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$92.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$1134
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$16552

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2132
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2148
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2182
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2182
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2224
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2223
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2152
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2455
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2260
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2163
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2192
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2215
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2066
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1969
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1986
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$726
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1767
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2134
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1877
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1964
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1646
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$759
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$625
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1944
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1853
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2230
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2087
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2732
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2265
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2093
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1799
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2108
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2133