Riyadh vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riyadh	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1586	$1991
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3407	$4487
🏠 One person rent	$921	$1094
🏘️ Family rent	$1393	$1952
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2861	$3539
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	71	95
😀 Quality of life	77	96
🏙️ Population	7.01M	985K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 20% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 3292nd and 1883rd ($1586 vs $1991) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Sweden, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Riyadh compared to 1.8 months in Stockholm. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 796th and 17th 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	$7.92	$13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$81.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.96	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$7.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$4.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$2.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$1349
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$863
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1969	$2441
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1032	$1592
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$104
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.7	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.34%	4.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2212	$10247
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$5552
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$98.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$24.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$4.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$12.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$18.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$4.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$2.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$6.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.1	$2.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$104	$40.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$24
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$83.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$152
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10359	$7335

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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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1628
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1730
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1586
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$2039
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1638
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1637
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1644
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1602
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1604
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1460
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1274
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1338
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1164
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1285
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1463
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1275
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1347
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1209
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1363
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1510
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1593
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1259
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1544
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1415
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1591
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1546
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1417
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1443
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1331
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1151
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1407
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$923
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1571
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1525
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1267
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1468
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1325
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1328