Riyadh vs Tripoli - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riyadh	Tripoli
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1586	$496
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3407	$1258
🏠 One person rent	$921	$179
🏘️ Family rent	$1393	$341
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$192
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$68.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2861	$317
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	71	20
😀 Quality of life	77	46
🏙️ Population	7.01M	1.29M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 220% more expensive than in Tripoli. Cities ranked 3292nd and 8700th ($1586 vs $496) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Libya, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Libya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Riyadh compared to 0.6 months in Tripoli. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Tripoli ranked 1st in Libya, while ranked 796th and 6501st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Tripoli

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	Riyadh	Tripoli
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.92	$6.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.96	$4.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$0.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1969	$448
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1032	$249
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.7	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.34%	17.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2212	$1419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$413
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$23
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$9.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$4.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$3.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$0.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$0.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.59
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$0.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$2.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$4.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$1.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$0.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.1	$0.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$104	$28.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$5.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$31.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$1.52
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$28.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$73.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10359	$1179

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489

Cities near Tripoli

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Zawiya	$388
66 km or 41 mi	Sabratha	$398
80 km or 50 mi	Gharyan	$388
103 km or 64 mi	Zuwarah	$402
104 km or 64 mi	Al-Khums	$432
110 km or 68 mi	Yafran	$412
187 km or 116 mi	Misrata	$419
305 km or 190 mi	Sfax	$462
308 km or 191 mi	Gabes	$375
355 km or 221 mi	Mosta	$1434
355 km or 221 mi	Marsaskala	$1341
356 km or 221 mi	Zabbar	$1334
356 km or 221 mi	Birkirkara	$1591
357 km or 222 mi	Naxxar	$1519
357 km or 222 mi	Valletta	$1649
358 km or 222 mi	San Gwann	$1643
358 km or 222 mi	Gzira	$1747
359 km or 223 mi	Sliema	$1771
359 km or 223 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1649
404 km or 251 mi	Sousse	$482
422 km or 262 mi	Kairouan	$453
442 km or 275 mi	Gafsa	$403
456 km or 284 mi	Nabeul	$442
472 km or 293 mi	Ragusa	$1172
476 km or 296 mi	Gela	$990
488 km or 303 mi	Niscemi	$1134
495 km or 307 mi	Agrigento	$1031
504 km or 313 mi	Syracuse	$1188
516 km or 320 mi	Tunis	$563
516 km or 321 mi	La Marsa	$522
521 km or 323 mi	Aryanah	$490
543 km or 337 mi	Catania	$1229
545 km or 338 mi	Tebessa	$492
552 km or 343 mi	Marsala	$1086
575 km or 357 mi	Bizerte	$344
575 km or 357 mi	Trapani	$1005
583 km or 362 mi	Palermo	$1211
591 km or 367 mi	El Oued	$373
611 km or 380 mi	Souk Ahras	$386
624 km or 388 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1160