Riyadh vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Riyadh	Surrey
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1628	$2091
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3587	$4764
🏠 One person rent	$936	$1244
🏘️ Family rent	$1460	$2137
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$560
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2284	$3073
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	70	79
😀 Quality of life	78	93
🏙️ Population	7.01M	568K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 22% less expensive than in Surrey. Cities ranked 3485th and 1777th ($1628 vs $2091) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 28th in Saudi Arabia and Canada, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Riyadh compared to 1.5 months in Surrey. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Surrey ranked 4th in Canada, while ranked 899th and 74th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/riyadh/surrey.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Riyadh vs Surrey infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/riyadh/surrey" target="_blank">Riyadh vs Surrey - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Riyadh vs Surrey

Prices for goods and services in Riyadh and Surrey are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Riyadh	Surrey
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.94	$17.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$62.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$5.89
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$3.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$999	$1258
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$757	$1016
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1794	$2238
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1809
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.5	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$65.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.52%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$9648
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1929	$8547
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$2.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$109
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$15.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$2.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$4.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.79	$3.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$20.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$2.24
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$14.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$2.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$4.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$3.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.18	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.7	$35.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.6	$83.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$20.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.2	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$875
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10912	$12113

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459

Cities near Surrey

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Burnaby	$2411
12 km or 7.4 mi	Coquitlam	$2493
12 km or 7.7 mi	Delta	$2295
17 km or 10 mi	Langley	$2100
19 km or 12 mi	Maple Ridge	$2266
20 km or 12 mi	Vancouver	$2505
21 km or 13 mi	Richmond	$2247
22 km or 13 mi	North Vancouver	$2420
41 km or 25 mi	Abbotsford	$1953
55 km or 34 mi	Bellingham	$2523
65 km or 41 mi	Chilliwack	$1869
79 km or 49 mi	Nanaimo	$1840
87 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2185
93 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2098
93 km or 58 mi	Mount Vernon	$2475
95 km or 59 mi	Langford	$2081
100 km or 62 mi	Oak Harbor	$2773
105 km or 65 mi	Whistler	$2427
124 km or 77 mi	Sequim	$2690
127 km or 79 mi	Port Angeles	$2580
134 km or 84 mi	Marysville	$2661
142 km or 88 mi	Lake Stevens	$2670
144 km or 89 mi	Everett	$2727
147 km or 91 mi	Mukilteo	$2709
154 km or 96 mi	Mill Creek	$2714
157 km or 98 mi	Lynnwood	$2736
157 km or 98 mi	Edmonds	$2728
163 km or 101 mi	Shoreline	$2782
164 km or 102 mi	Bothell	$2734
165 km or 102 mi	Courtenay	$1855
165 km or 103 mi	Kenmore	$2749
171 km or 107 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2827
173 km or 108 mi	Kirkland	$3012
177 km or 110 mi	Redmond	$3602
179 km or 112 mi	Seattle	$3183
180 km or 112 mi	Bremerton	$2479
181 km or 113 mi	Bellevue	$3164
185 km or 115 mi	Sammamish	$2884
185 km or 115 mi	Mercer Island	$2843
193 km or 120 mi	Issaquah	$2797