Riyadh vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$2039
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$4469
🏠 One person rent	$944	$1143
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$3371
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	72	95
😀 Quality of life	78	95
🏙️ Population	7.01M	985K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 20% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 2911th and 1732nd ($1637 vs $2039) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Sweden, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 1.7 months in Stockholm. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 733rd and 20th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Stockholm

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	Riyadh	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$76.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$7.33
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$4.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$1344
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$920
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$2403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$1579
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$31.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$10193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$5579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$3.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$4.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$3.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$5804

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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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1783
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$957
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1570
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1734
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1568
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1487
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1592
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1510
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1510
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1416
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1412
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1252
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1327
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1244
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1242
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1411
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1171
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1302
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1178
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1273
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1599
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1648
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1279
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1450
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1473
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1495
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1450
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1367
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1254
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$869
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1396
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1441
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1251
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1457
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1239
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1331