Riyadh vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$3015
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$7449
🏠 One person rent	$944	$1896
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$3549
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$746
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$6742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	80
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	7.01M	737K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 46% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 2911th and 158th ($1637 vs $3015) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 140th 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 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Seattle ranked 15th in the United States, while ranked 733rd and 98th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Riyadh	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$21.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$7.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$5.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$2086
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$1567
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$3947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$3067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$68.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	6.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$6966
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$5351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$2.73
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$96.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$4.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$4.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$5.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$5.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$5.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$2.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$3.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$6.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$65.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$25.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$68.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$2185
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$29407

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3273
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2882
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2624
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2642
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$2973
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2595
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3239
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2718
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2741
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2625
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2759
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2785
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2606
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2623
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2462
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2784
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2532
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2579
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2338
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2589
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2517
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2604
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2644
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2449
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2598
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2460
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2571
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2406
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2692
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2523
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2093