Riyadh vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$1078
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$2358
🏠 One person rent	$944	$566
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$724
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$282
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$1728
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	72	15
😀 Quality of life	78	47
🏙️ Population	7.01M	886K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 52% more expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 2911th and 4967th ($1637 vs $1078) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Saudi Arabia.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Ranked 1st vs 10th best cities to live in Saudi Arabia, and 733rd vs 6450th among the best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Tabuk

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	Riyadh	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$93.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	4.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$1372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$856
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$2.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$2.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$6.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$3.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$77
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$3.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$29.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$8574

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$381
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1577
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$793
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$961
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$646
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$342
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$336
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$710
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1716
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1680
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1471
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1684
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1686
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$813
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$762
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1742
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$905
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$781
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1732
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$994
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$640
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$996
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$552
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1837
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1811
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2123
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$1884
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1891
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$272
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028