Riyadh vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Riyadh	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1632	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3539	$3053
🏠 One person rent	$946	$616
🏘️ Family rent	$1446	$1076
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$416
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2285	$1025
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	70	22
😀 Quality of life	78	62
🏙️ Population	7.01M	1.96M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 26% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 3529th and 4578th ($1632 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th in Saudi Arabia and Mexico, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Riyadh compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Tijuana ranked 6th in Mexico, while ranked 879th and 5712th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Tijuana

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	Riyadh	Tijuana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.06	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.3	$34.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$9.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$4.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$1.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1000	$768
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$763	$500
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1845	$1368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1133	$905
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.5	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.6	$46.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72.1	$31.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.58%	12.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2922	$3269
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1930	$2686
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.08	$1.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$37.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$19.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.84
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$3.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.76	$7.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$9.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$2.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$8.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$2.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.34	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.71	$8.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.23	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$93.5	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.6	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$57	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$220
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9443	$4857

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$931
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$815
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$931
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1037
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$823
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1109
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1192
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2014
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1923
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$775
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$707
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$465
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$556
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$906
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$489
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1168
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$523
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$492
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$581
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1107
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$565
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$893
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$545
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$487

Cities near Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2933
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2995
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1141
18 km or 11 mi	National	$3053
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1138
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3220
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2995
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3507
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2963
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$3040
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2948
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$3033
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2995
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$3243
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$3261
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2995
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3245
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2976
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3251
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$968
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2927
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2676
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$2963
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3070
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2758
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2815
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$3030
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3085
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3513
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2621
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$3122
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2669
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3544
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2980
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$3027
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2767
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3449
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2554
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2752
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2667