Riyadh vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$944	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$602
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	72	71
😀 Quality of life	78	61
🏙️ Population	7.01M	10.6M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 240% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 2911th and 8748th ($1637 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 733rd and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Shijiazhuang

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	Riyadh	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$4785

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716