Riyadh vs Sarajevo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riyadh	Sarajevo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1586	$816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3407	$1934
🏠 One person rent	$921	$380
🏘️ Family rent	$1393	$625
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$297
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2861	$924
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	71	46
😀 Quality of life	77	59
🏙️ Population	7.01M	276K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 94% more expensive than in Sarajevo. Cities ranked 3292nd and 6379th ($1586 vs $816) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 1.8 months in Riyadh compared to 1.1 months in Sarajevo. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Sarajevo ranked 1st in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while ranked 796th and 5391st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Sarajevo

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	Riyadh	Sarajevo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.92	$6.84
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$23.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.96	$6.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$1.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$1.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$320
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1969	$596
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1032	$385
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$113
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.7	$174
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.34%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2212	$2964
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$1.04
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$29.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$8.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$9.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.92
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$3.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.1	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$104	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$5.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$4.08
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$90.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10359	$3144

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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 Sarajevo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zenica	$593
75 km or 47 mi	Mostar	$705
77 km or 48 mi	Tuzla	$695
99 km or 61 mi	Doboj	$641
117 km or 73 mi	Bijeljina	$707
125 km or 78 mi	Valjevo	$658
138 km or 86 mi	Mojkovac	$1076
139 km or 86 mi	Dubrovnik	$1251
140 km or 87 mi	Banja Luka	$802
144 km or 89 mi	Cavtat	$1161
147 km or 91 mi	Slavonski Brod	$808
155 km or 96 mi	Cacak	$697
163 km or 101 mi	Kotor	$1146
163 km or 101 mi	Split	$1302
163 km or 101 mi	Berane	$1046
169 km or 105 mi	Cetinje	$895
171 km or 106 mi	Kastela	$1240
171 km or 107 mi	Sanski Most	$566
173 km or 107 mi	Podgorica	$1035
177 km or 110 mi	Hvar	$1282
179 km or 111 mi	Budva	$1191
183 km or 114 mi	Prijedor	$663
187 km or 116 mi	Novi Pazar	$692
188 km or 117 mi	Plav	$1053
189 km or 118 mi	Osijek	$890
192 km or 119 mi	Novi Sad	$1040
194 km or 121 mi	Belgrade	$1204
203 km or 126 mi	Kragujevac	$737
203 km or 126 mi	Sibenik	$1100
204 km or 127 mi	Bar	$1059
219 km or 136 mi	Shkoder	$852
225 km or 140 mi	Ulcinj	$1045
226 km or 141 mi	Mitrovica	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bihac	$618
246 km or 153 mi	Pecs	$851
257 km or 160 mi	Zadar	$1265
258 km or 160 mi	Bjelovar	$999
260 km or 161 mi	Pristina	$661
261 km or 162 mi	Baja	$761
267 km or 166 mi	Subotica	$797