Riyadh vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$2851
🏠 One person rent	$944	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$950
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$777
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	91
😀 Quality of life	78	77
🏙️ Population	7.01M	6.26M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 44% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 2911th and 4686th ($1637 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Chile, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Chile comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 733rd and 764th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Santiago

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	Riyadh	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$47.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$8.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$490
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$777
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$3078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$3323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$6.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$5.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$3.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$6.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$8040

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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 Santiago

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	San Bernardo	$875
20 km or 12 mi	Puente Alto	$930
69 km or 43 mi	Los Andes	$759
78 km or 48 mi	San Felipe	$720
80 km or 50 mi	Rancagua	$798
80 km or 50 mi	Villa Alemana	$827
83 km or 52 mi	Quillota	$833
85 km or 53 mi	Quilpue	$832
89 km or 55 mi	San Antonio	$1074
95 km or 59 mi	Vina del Mar	$874
99 km or 62 mi	Valparaiso	$805
130 km or 80 mi	San Fernando	$920
179 km or 111 mi	Curico	$765
181 km or 112 mi	Godoy Cruz	$812
182 km or 113 mi	Mendoza	$823
185 km or 115 mi	Las Heras	$815
208 km or 129 mi	San Martin	$790
238 km or 148 mi	Talca	$835
251 km or 156 mi	San Rafael	$511
264 km or 164 mi	Constitucion	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Linares	$860
292 km or 181 mi	San Juan	$768
321 km or 199 mi	Ovalle	$735
375 km or 233 mi	Chillan	$642
394 km or 245 mi	Coquimbo	$807
398 km or 247 mi	La Serena	$814
401 km or 249 mi	San Luis	$731
409 km or 254 mi	Tome	$750
426 km or 265 mi	Talcahuano	$671
434 km or 269 mi	Concepcion	$902
455 km or 283 mi	Coronel	$810
456 km or 284 mi	Lujan	$722
464 km or 288 mi	Lota	$800
472 km or 294 mi	Los Angeles	$762
482 km or 300 mi	Villa Mercedes	$710
508 km or 316 mi	Curanilahue	$793
518 km or 322 mi	Angol	$791
542 km or 337 mi	Vallenar	$786
576 km or 358 mi	La Rioja	$680
588 km or 366 mi	Rio Cuarto	$731