Riyadh vs Tijuana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Riyadh	Tijuana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1642	$1184
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3429	$2873
🏠 One person rent	$996	$508
🏘️ Family rent	$1477	$929
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$409
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2566	$944
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	71	22
😀 Quality of life	74	57
🏙️ Population	7.01M	1.96M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 39% more expensive than in Tijuana. Cities ranked 2922nd and 4480th ($1642 vs $1184) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th in Saudi Arabia and Mexico, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Riyadh compared to 0.8 months in Tijuana. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Tijuana ranked 8th in Mexico, while ranked 1210th and 5782nd 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	$7.92	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$38.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$9.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$3.96
☕ Cappuccino	$4.36	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1149	$649
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$1219
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1124	$729
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.8	$47.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.9	$29.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.3%	11.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2076	$3013
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1301	$1701
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.06	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$40.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.8	$21.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.35
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$2.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$7.59
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$7.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$2.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.02	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.27	$4.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.02	$8.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$3.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.95	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$100	$46.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.2	$4.66
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.8	$49.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.7	$46.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$96.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$358	$168
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9649	$4103

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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 Tijuana

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.5 mi	Imperial Beach	$2851
11 km or 6.9 mi	Chula Vista	$2969
15 km or 9.5 mi	Las Delicias	$1032
18 km or 11 mi	National	$2907
21 km or 13 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1029
22 km or 14 mi	Coronado	$3051
23 km or 15 mi	Lemon Grove	$2844
24 km or 15 mi	San Diego	$3427
27 km or 17 mi	La Mesa	$2868
30 km or 19 mi	El Cajon	$2910
38 km or 24 mi	Santee	$2788
42 km or 26 mi	La Jolla	$2867
48 km or 30 mi	Poway	$2784
62 km or 38 mi	Encinitas	$2879
66 km or 41 mi	Escondido	$2884
69 km or 43 mi	San Marcos	$2722
76 km or 47 mi	Carlsbad	$3046
77 km or 48 mi	Vista	$2732
81 km or 50 mi	Oceanside	$3094
84 km or 52 mi	Ensenada	$1027
96 km or 59 mi	Fallbrook	$2709
109 km or 67 mi	Temecula	$2597
115 km or 72 mi	San Clemente	$3070
117 km or 73 mi	Murrieta	$3155
119 km or 74 mi	French Valley	$2684
121 km or 75 mi	Wildomar	$2803
122 km or 76 mi	Dana Point	$2751
123 km or 77 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$2681
128 km or 80 mi	Laguna Niguel	$2461
128 km or 80 mi	Menifee	$2637
131 km or 82 mi	Laguna Beach	$2755
131 km or 82 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2730
134 km or 83 mi	Mission Viejo	$3513
135 km or 84 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$2960
135 km or 84 mi	Laguna Hills	$2957
135 km or 84 mi	Hemet	$2879
138 km or 86 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3180
138 km or 86 mi	Lake Forest	$2944
139 km or 87 mi	El Centro	$2687
140 km or 87 mi	San Jacinto	$2684