Riyadh vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riyadh	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1586	$2801
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3407	$6767
🏠 One person rent	$921	$1663
🏘️ Family rent	$1393	$3057
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$410
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2861	$4399
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	71	99
😀 Quality of life	77	99
🏙️ Population	7.01M	4.84M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 43% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 3292nd and 312th ($1586 vs $2801) 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 1.8 months in Riyadh compared to 1.6 months in Sydney. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 796th and 4th 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	$7.92	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$70.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.96	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$7.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$1992
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$1372
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1969	$4038
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1032	$2523
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.7	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$53.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.34%	6.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2212	$16279
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$9905
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$3.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$143
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$29.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$8.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.42
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$3.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.98
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$2.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$5.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$29.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$6.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$2.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.1	$2.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$104	$58.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$16.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$67.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$78.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$117
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$2054
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10359	$18951

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2286
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2472
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1997
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1732
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1532
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1833
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1674
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1748
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1500
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2393
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1815
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1289
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1746
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1717
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1829
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2141
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1805
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1800
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1397
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1876
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1877
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1738
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1758
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2397
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1822
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1799
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1795
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2491
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1757
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1767
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1925
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1892
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1357
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1754