Riyadh vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Riyadh	Thimphu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1642	$452
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3429	$1081
🏠 One person rent	$996	$164
🏘️ Family rent	$1477	$242
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$41.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2566	$436
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	71	5
😀 Quality of life	74	36
🏙️ Population	7.01M	79.2K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 264% more expensive than in Thimphu. Cities ranked 2922nd and 8761st ($1642 vs $452) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Bhutan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Bhutan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Riyadh compared to 1 months in Thimphu. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Thimphu ranked 2nd in Bhutan, while ranked 1210th and 7674th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Riyadh vs Thimphu infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/riyadh/thimphu.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Riyadh vs Thimphu infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/riyadh/thimphu" target="_blank">Riyadh vs Thimphu - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Riyadh vs Thimphu

Prices for goods and services in Riyadh and Thimphu are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Riyadh	Thimphu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.92	$3.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$7.06
☕ Cappuccino	$4.36	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1149	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$105
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$243
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1124	$174
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.8	$17.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$27.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.9	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.3%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2076	$730
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1301	$121
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.06	$1.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.8	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$0.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$0.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$2.16
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$4.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$4.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.02	$5.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.27	$3.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.02	$1.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.95	$0.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$100	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.2	$3.39
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.8	$29.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$3.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.7	$33.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$42.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$358	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9649	$701

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$1013
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$860
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$959
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1005
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$910
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$868
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1285
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1327
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1872
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1810
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$996
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$710
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$646
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$543
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$875
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$938
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$621
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$892
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$606
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$541
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$594
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$559
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1032
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$606
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$685
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$920
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$798
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$561

Cities near Thimphu

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Paro	$476
147 km or 91 mi	Siliguri	$343
196 km or 122 mi	Rangpur	$325
203 km or 126 mi	Saidpur	$337
211 km or 131 mi	Shigatse	$1014
214 km or 133 mi	Damak	$339
257 km or 159 mi	Raiganj	$325
257 km or 160 mi	Guwahati	$376
258 km or 160 mi	Biratnagar	$342
259 km or 161 mi	Dispur	$367
266 km or 166 mi	Balurghat	$319
280 km or 174 mi	Lhasa	$1095
287 km or 178 mi	Purnia	$299
294 km or 183 mi	Bogra	$315
308 km or 191 mi	Shillong	$360
313 km or 195 mi	Malda	$318
313 km or 195 mi	Mymensingh	$290
350 km or 217 mi	Saharsa	$290
360 km or 224 mi	Bhagalpur	$271
362 km or 225 mi	Rajshahi	$293
364 km or 226 mi	Sylhet	$312
377 km or 234 mi	Janakpur	$337
401 km or 249 mi	Berhampore	$311
413 km or 257 mi	Narsingdi	$303
418 km or 260 mi	Brahmanbaria	$342
421 km or 262 mi	Kathmandu	$455
424 km or 264 mi	Lalitpur	$355
426 km or 265 mi	Dhaka	$456
438 km or 272 mi	Agartala	$387
439 km or 273 mi	Narayanganj	$446
444 km or 276 mi	Muzaffarpur	$272
454 km or 282 mi	Hetauda	$390
468 km or 291 mi	Krishnanagar	$287
474 km or 295 mi	Birgunj	$345
482 km or 299 mi	Jessore	$310
486 km or 302 mi	Shantipur	$304
493 km or 306 mi	Patna	$335
495 km or 308 mi	Durgapur	$312
500 km or 311 mi	Asansol	$276
502 km or 312 mi	Kulti	$288