Riyadh vs The Hague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Riyadh	The Hague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1628	$2491
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3587	$6085
🏠 One person rent	$936	$1494
🏘️ Family rent	$1460	$2619
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$634
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$214
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2284	$4456
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	70	92
😀 Quality of life	78	96
🏙️ Population	7.01M	548K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 35% less expensive than in The Hague. Cities ranked 3485th and 901st ($1628 vs $2491) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 8th in Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Riyadh compared to 1.8 months in The Hague. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs The Hague ranked 1st in the Netherlands, while ranked 899th and 10th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs The Hague

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	Riyadh	The Hague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.94	$21.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$15.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$6.97
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$4.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$4.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$999	$1507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$757	$1216
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1794	$2710
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$2213
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.5	$169
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$256
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$50.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.52%	3.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$6520
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1929	$4705
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$4.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$106
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$2.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.79	$4.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$19.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$4.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.18	$2.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.7	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.6	$37.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$26.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.2	$98.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$2623
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10912	$12462

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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 The Hague

Distance	City	Cost of living
4 km or 2.5 mi	Scheveningen	$2310
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	Leidschendam	$2365
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Delft	$2424
14 km or 8.5 mi	Oegstgeest	$2307
14 km or 9 mi	Leiden	$2389
21 km or 13 mi	Rotterdam	$2659
31 km or 19 mi	Ridderkerk	$2336
35 km or 22 mi	Zandvoort	$1865
40 km or 25 mi	Haarlem	$2755
43 km or 27 mi	Sliedrecht	$2234
46 km or 29 mi	IJmuiden	$2354
52 km or 32 mi	Amsterdam	$3165
55 km or 34 mi	Utrecht	$2608
61 km or 38 mi	Hilversum	$2564
61 km or 38 mi	Etten-Leur	$1970
62 km or 38 mi	Roosendaal	$2087
63 km or 39 mi	Zeist	$2407
64 km or 40 mi	Purmerend	$2185
64 km or 40 mi	Breda	$2112
65 km or 40 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2143
68 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$2296
70 km or 43 mi	Almere	$2399
70 km or 44 mi	Zaltbommel	$2304
71 km or 44 mi	Goes	$2460
75 km or 47 mi	Langedijk	$2283
77 km or 48 mi	Tilburg	$2247
80 km or 49 mi	Tiel	$2662
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$2272
81 km or 50 mi	Middelburg	$2111
82 km or 51 mi	Hoogstraten	$1740
85 km or 53 mi	Veenendaal	$1805
92 km or 57 mi	Ede	$2053
93 km or 58 mi	Lelystad	$1477
93 km or 58 mi	Wageningen	$2341
93 km or 58 mi	Harderwijk	$2148
95 km or 59 mi	Turnhout	$1739
97 km or 60 mi	Antwerp	$1834
98 km or 61 mi	Beveren	$1829
101 km or 62 mi	Uden	$2353
102 km or 63 mi	Mortsel	$1688