Riyadh vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Riyadh	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1628	$1824
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3587	$4151
🏠 One person rent	$936	$1060
🏘️ Family rent	$1460	$1874
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$572
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$60.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2284	$2178
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	70	39
😀 Quality of life	78	76
🏙️ Population	7.01M	6.44K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 11% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 3485th and 2712th ($1628 vs $1824) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Saudi Arabia and Malta, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Riyadh compared to 1.2 months in Valletta. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Valletta ranked 7th in Malta, while ranked 899th and 1347th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Valletta

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	Riyadh	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.94	$19.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$79.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$5.06
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$2.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$999	$1189
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$757	$872
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1794	$2108
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$1600
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.5	$86.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$38
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.52%	4.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$5470
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1929	$4087
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$1.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.79	$4.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$12.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$16.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$2.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$3.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$2.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$6.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$4.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.18	$2.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.7	$60.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.6	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$11.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.2	$93.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$141
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10912	$12648

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459

Cities near Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$2127
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1852
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1750
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1764
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1769
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1596
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1639
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1769
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1521
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1317
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$1063
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1210
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1247
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$1123
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1336
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1164
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1176
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1238
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1176
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$1110
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1346
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$519
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$583
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$478
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$376
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$487
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1410
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1243
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$313
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$592
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$355
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$378
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$353
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$460
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$633
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$547
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1230
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1362
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$364
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$391