Riyadh vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riyadh	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1586	$558
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3407	$1536
🏠 One person rent	$921	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$1393	$453
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2861	$222
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	50
😀 Quality of life	77	48
🏙️ Population	7.01M	1.57M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 184% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 3292nd and 8203rd ($1586 vs $558) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 55th in Saudi Arabia and Iran, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Riyadh compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 796th and 6304th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Shiraz

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	Riyadh	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.92	$2.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$23.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.96	$3.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1969	$518
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1032	$377
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.7	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.34%	22.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2212	$1277
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$1601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$3.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$4.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$0.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$5.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$2.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$5.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$5.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.1	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$104	$15
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$98.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$23.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$79.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10359	$2159

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$546
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$537
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$556
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$541
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$489
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$561
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$548
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$507
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$527
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$520
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$577
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$370
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$588
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$545
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$490
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$564
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$554
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$878
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$713
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$557
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$588
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1267
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$989
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1226
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1218
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$870
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$467
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$559
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1719
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$879
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$705