Riyadh vs Suva - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riyadh	Suva
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1586	$921
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3407	$2284
🏠 One person rent	$921	$507
🏘️ Family rent	$1393	$1006
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$335
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$24.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2861	$1530
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	71	26
😀 Quality of life	77	60
🏙️ Population	7.01M	88.3K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 72% more expensive than in Suva. Cities ranked 3292nd and 6078th ($1586 vs $921) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Fiji, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Fiji comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Riyadh compared to 1.7 months in Suva. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Suva ranked 1st in Fiji, while ranked 796th and 5198th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Suva

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	Riyadh	Suva
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.92	$4.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$38.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.96	$6.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.8
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$3.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$1.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$700
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$372
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1969	$1618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1032	$739
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$41.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.7	$64
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$27.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.34%	6.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2212	$683
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$322
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$23.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$3.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$7.79
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$3.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.9
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$9.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$8.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$5.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.1	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$104	$27.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$4.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$29.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$233
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10359	$11167

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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 Suva

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Nasinu	$898
114 km or 71 mi	Nadi	$901
118 km or 73 mi	Lautoka	$603
745 km or 463 mi	Nukualofa	$963
755 km or 469 mi	Mua	$961
1072 km or 666 mi	Vaiaku	$596
1073 km or 667 mi	Funafuti	$596
1073 km or 667 mi	Port Vila	$2349
1112 km or 691 mi	Manase	$661
1145 km or 711 mi	Apia	$661
1233 km or 766 mi	Luganville	$3054
1328 km or 825 mi	Dumbea	$1700
1332 km or 827 mi	Noumea	$1755
1335 km or 830 mi	Paita	$1693
1997 km or 1241 mi	Whangarei	$1531
2086 km or 1296 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1861
2112 km or 1312 mi	Auckland	$2205
2121 km or 1318 mi	Waitakere	$1848
2125 km or 1320 mi	Manukau	$1939
2148 km or 1335 mi	Pukekohe	$1634
2180 km or 1355 mi	Auki	$1464
2185 km or 1358 mi	Tauranga	$1791
2206 km or 1371 mi	Hamilton	$1671
2216 km or 1377 mi	Honiara	$1459
2234 km or 1388 mi	Rotorua	$1274
2253 km or 1400 mi	South Tarawa	$521
2283 km or 1419 mi	Gisborne	$1654
2297 km or 1427 mi	Taupo	$1569
2306 km or 1433 mi	Avarua	$1099
2325 km or 1445 mi	Yaren	$629
2364 km or 1469 mi	New Plymouth	$1447
2379 km or 1478 mi	Napier	$1403
2397 km or 1490 mi	Hastings	$1205
2446 km or 1520 mi	Whanganui	$1573
2486 km or 1545 mi	Palmerston North	$1318
2553 km or 1586 mi	Masterton	$1334
2554 km or 1587 mi	Paraparaumu	$1729
2578 km or 1602 mi	Upper Hutt	$1784
2580 km or 1603 mi	Porirua	$1844
2589 km or 1608 mi	Lower Hutt	$1866