Riyadh vs Shenyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riyadh	Shenyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1586	$514
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3407	$1733
🏠 One person rent	$921	$159
🏘️ Family rent	$1393	$401
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$65.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2861	$739
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	71	85
😀 Quality of life	77	68
🏙️ Population	7.01M	9.07M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 209% more expensive than in Shenyang. Cities ranked 3292nd and 8584th ($1586 vs $514) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 526th in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Riyadh compared to 1.4 months in Shenyang. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Shenyang ranked 20th in China, while ranked 796th and 3326th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Riyadh vs Shenyang infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/riyadh/shenyang.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Riyadh vs Shenyang infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/riyadh/shenyang" target="_blank">Riyadh vs Shenyang - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Riyadh vs Shenyang

Prices for goods and services in Riyadh and Shenyang are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Riyadh	Shenyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.92	$2.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.96	$4.84
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$89.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1969	$473
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1032	$300
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.7	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.34%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2212	$1979
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$1310
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$3.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$1.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$2.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$11.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$6.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.1	$1.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$104	$21.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$4.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$20.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$57.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$71.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$335
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10359	$25284

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$474
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$506
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$517
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$536
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$523
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$524
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$520
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$527
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$528
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$531
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$548
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$564
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$547
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$527
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$560
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$541
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$565
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$538
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$582
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$529
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$543
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$625
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1568
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$479
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$583
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$554
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$548
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$605
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$512
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$534
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$633
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$531
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1547
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$627
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$667
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$601
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1562
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1555
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$511