Riyadh vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riyadh	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1627	$2640
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3576	$6276
🏠 One person rent	$931	$1578
🏘️ Family rent	$1463	$2764
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$366
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2496	$4008
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	99
😀 Quality of life	80	100
🏙️ Population	7.01M	5.45M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 38% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 3418th and 649th ($1627 vs $2640) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Australia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Riyadh compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 759th and 3rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Sydney

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	Riyadh	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$13.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.8	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$9.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$7.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$3.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$1915
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$1294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1807	$3447
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1160	$2319
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$47.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2939	$12628
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$7359
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$3.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.5	$134
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$5.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.6	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$8.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.3	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$4.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.34	$29.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.36	$2.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$101	$58.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.9	$63.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.99	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.5	$75.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$451	$2071
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9818	$19140

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2181
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2292
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1888
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1599
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1580
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1839
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1568
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1678
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1364
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2019
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1747
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1184
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1667
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1662
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1813
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2140
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1725
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1706
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1362
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1736
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1662
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1681
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2308
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1768
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1728
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1738
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2065
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1673
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1798
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2058
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1464
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1710