Riyadh vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riyadh	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1586	$2194
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3407	$4931
🏠 One person rent	$921	$1336
🏘️ Family rent	$1393	$2192
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$560
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2861	$4224
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	71	81
😀 Quality of life	77	91
🏙️ Population	7.01M	1.43M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 28% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 3292nd and 1380th ($1586 vs $2194) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1203rd 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 1.8 months in Riyadh compared to 1.9 months in San Antonio. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs San Antonio ranked 21st in the United States, while ranked 796th and 118th 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	$7.92	$16.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.96	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$6.34
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$1451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$1053
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1969	$2336
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1032	$1818
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.7	$197
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.34%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2212	$6015
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$2228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$49.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$4.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$9.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$6.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$3.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.1	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$104	$42.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$49.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$1127
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10359	$10912

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2155
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2156
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2177
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2226
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2223
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2071
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2473
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2232
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2250
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2211
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2145
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2194
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2231
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2097
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2006
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2037
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$734
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1749
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2186
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1885
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$2024
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1856
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$765
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$545
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1890
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1764
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2151
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2223
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2164
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2143
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2734
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2063
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2692
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2248
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2093
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1798
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2080
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2137