Riyadh vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Riyadh	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1628	$949
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3587	$2222
🏠 One person rent	$936	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$1460	$767
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$54.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2284	$786
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	70	47
😀 Quality of life	78	67
🏙️ Population	7.01M	276K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 72% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 3485th and 5940th ($1628 vs $949) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Bosnia and Herzegovina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Riyadh compared to 0.8 months in Sarajevo. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 899th and 4806th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Riyadh	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.94	$8.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$8.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$999	$389
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$757	$274
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1794	$700
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$493
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.5	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$208
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.52%	4.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$3220
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1929	$2356
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$33.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$9.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.79	$3.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$7.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$16.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$1.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$8.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$3.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.18	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.7	$34.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$6.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.6	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.2	$88.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$96.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10912	$3670

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$594
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$758
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$710
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$667
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$727
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$841
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1119
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1732
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$972
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1661
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$971
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$826
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1265
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1602
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1093
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$930
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1520
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$586
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1053
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1511
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1207
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$733
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$832
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1092
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$1169
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1168
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1349
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$932
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1209
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1078
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$849
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1047
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$581
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$661
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$1189
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1533
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$1144
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$718
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$1067
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$848