Riyadh vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$944	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	72	24
😀 Quality of life	78	39
🏙️ Population	7.01M	6.56M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 176% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 2911th and 7740th ($1637 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 263rd in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 733rd and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Shaoyang

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	Riyadh	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600