Riyadh vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Riyadh	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1632	$2063
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3539	$4604
🏠 One person rent	$946	$1208
🏘️ Family rent	$1446	$1789
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2285	$4089
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	70	81
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	7.01M	1.43M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 21% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 3529th and 1874th ($1632 vs $2063) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1483rd 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 1.4 months in Riyadh compared to 2 months in San Antonio. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs San Antonio ranked 42nd in the United States, while ranked 879th and 170th 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	$8.06	$17.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.3	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$5.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$2.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1000	$1308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$763	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1845	$1847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1133	$1394
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.5	$150
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.6	$229
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72.1	$75.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.58%	6.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2922	$4289
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1930	$1889
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.08	$1.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$37.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$4.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$5.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.76	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$4.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$2.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$3.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.34	$8.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.71	$6.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$3.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.23	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$93.5	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$13.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.6	$96.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$57	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$1248
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9443	$17470

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$931
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$815
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$931
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1037
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$823
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1109
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1192
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2014
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1923
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$775
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$707
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$465
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$556
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$906
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$489
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1168
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$523
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$492
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$581
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1107
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$565
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$893
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$545
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$487

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2174
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2175
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2221
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2200
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2229
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2237
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2165
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2444
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2171
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2187
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2115
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2027
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2125
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2226
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2083
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2059
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1991
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2029
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1009
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1706
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2153
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1883
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$2016
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1736
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1017
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$802
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$2000
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1913
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2114
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2285
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2071
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2094
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2762
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2112
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2738
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2265
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2112
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1836
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2150
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2150