Riyadh vs Shenyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riyadh	Shenyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1627	$554
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3576	$1693
🏠 One person rent	$931	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$1463	$334
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$63.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2496	$733
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	73	85
😀 Quality of life	80	71
🏙️ Population	7.01M	9.07M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 194% more expensive than in Shenyang. Cities ranked 3418th and 8245th ($1627 vs $554) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 341st in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Riyadh compared to 1.3 months in Shenyang. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Shenyang ranked 25th in China, while ranked 759th and 3667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Shenyang

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	Riyadh	Shenyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$2.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.8	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$2.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$130
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1807	$378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1160	$229
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$60.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	5.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2939	$1970
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.5	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.6	$9.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$2.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.3	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.34	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$6.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.36	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$101	$20.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.9	$20.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.99	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.5	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$74.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$451	$473
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9818	$24707

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463

Cities near Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$470
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$492
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$518
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$521
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$434
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$489
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$511
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$434
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$516
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$500
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$528
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$543
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$532
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$517
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$556
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$553
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$537
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$532
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$547
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$517
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$519
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$550
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$576
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1564
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$457
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$549
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$537
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$537
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$499
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$521
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$584
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$521
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1544
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$565
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$589
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$557
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1553
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1553
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$501