Riyadh vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Surrey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$2280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$5399
🏠 One person rent	$944	$1407
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$2721
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$2766
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	72	80
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	7.01M	568K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 28% less expensive than in Surrey. Cities ranked 2911th and 1194th ($1637 vs $2280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in Saudi Arabia and Canada, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 1.2 months in Surrey. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Surrey ranked 6th in Canada, while ranked 733rd and 122nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Surrey

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	Riyadh	Surrey
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$69.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$5.58
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$4.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$1405
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$1196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$2952
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$2383
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$103
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$158
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$66.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	6.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$9496
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$8417
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$2.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$122
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$14.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$2.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$5.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.27
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$2.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$3.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$14
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$2.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$2.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$58
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$84
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$53
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$862
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$12026

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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 Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2495
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2317
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$2021
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2488
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2093
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2466
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2047
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2023
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2692
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2598
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2589
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2785
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$2973
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2625
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1810
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2718
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$2882
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3239
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$3015
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2462
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3273
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2759
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2606