Riyadh vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riyadh	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1627	$1940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3576	$4568
🏠 One person rent	$931	$1141
🏘️ Family rent	$1463	$1951
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$577
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$87.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2496	$3621
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	73	33
😀 Quality of life	80	82
🏙️ Population	7.01M	543K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 16% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 3418th and 2194th ($1627 vs $1940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1737th in Saudi Arabia and the United States, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Riyadh compared to 1.9 months in Tucson. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Tucson ranked 202nd in the United States, while ranked 759th and 634th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Tucson

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	Riyadh	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.8	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$5.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$1121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$891
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1807	$2011
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1160	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$62.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2939	$2738
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$2462
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.5	$38.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$4.51
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.6	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$3.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.3	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$3.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.34	$9.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.36	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$101	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.9	$93.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.99	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.5	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$451	$1112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9818	$15639

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463

Cities near Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2084
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2095
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$727
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2466
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2320
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2349
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2447
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2417
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2448
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2332
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2340
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2523
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2481
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1977
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2344
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2365
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2322
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$881
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2341
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2348
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$982
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$850
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1760
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$965
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1911
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2757
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2021
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2245