Riyadh vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Riyadh	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1642	$2042
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3429	$4753
🏠 One person rent	$996	$1209
🏘️ Family rent	$1477	$2062
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$613
🚐 Transport expenses	$162	$77.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2566	$3815
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	71	33
😀 Quality of life	74	80
🏙️ Population	7.01M	543K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 20% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 2922nd and 1697th ($1642 vs $2042) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1492nd 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 1.6 months in Riyadh compared to 1.9 months in Tucson. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Tucson ranked 103rd in the United States, while ranked 1210th and 441st 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	$7.92	$20.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$60.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.05	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$5.94
☕ Cappuccino	$4.36	$5.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$2.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1149	$1123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$792	$931
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2059	$2062
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1124	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.8	$166
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.6	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.9	$73.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.3%	6.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2076	$2528
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1301	$2445
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.06	$1.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$26.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.8	$14.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.67	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.19	$2.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$4.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$3.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.88	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$3.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.89	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.02	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.93	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.27	$9.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.02	$9.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.95	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$100	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.2	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.8	$93.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.7	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$96.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$358	$1059
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9649	$15695

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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 Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2078
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2096
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2105
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2076
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2043
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1777
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$874
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2324
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2341
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$2368
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2414
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2340
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2427
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2392
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2425
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$881
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2381
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2459
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2390
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2485
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2428
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$2339
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2405
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2379
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2315
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$865
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2347
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2244
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2275
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2004
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$914
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$932
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1828
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$953
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1941
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2692
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1567
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2123
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2066