Riyadh vs Vancouver - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Vancouver
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$2488
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$5527
🏠 One person rent	$944	$1579
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$2615
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$143
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$3246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	78
😀 Quality of life	78	92
🏙️ Population	7.01M	662K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 34% less expensive than in Vancouver. Cities ranked 2911th and 819th ($1637 vs $2488) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Saudi Arabia and Canada, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 1.3 months in Vancouver. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Vancouver ranked 3rd in Canada, while ranked 733rd and 86th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Vancouver

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	Riyadh	Vancouver
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$71.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$5.71
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$4.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$1747
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$1392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$3049
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$2320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$60.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$92.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$55.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	5.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$9559
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$6774
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$2.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$85.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$2.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$16.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$14.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$15.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$3.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$4.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$1.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$16.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$3.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$14.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$8.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$5.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$3.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$3.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$40.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$100
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$62.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$99
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$1117
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$17240

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529

Cities near Vancouver

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.8 km or 4.8 mi	North Vancouver	$2388
9.6 km or 6 mi	Richmond	$2093
11 km or 6.8 mi	Burnaby	$2495
17 km or 10 mi	Delta	$2317
20 km or 12 mi	Surrey	$2280
23 km or 14 mi	Coquitlam	$2490
36 km or 22 mi	Langley	$2021
36 km or 23 mi	Maple Ridge	$1969
60 km or 37 mi	Abbotsford	$1883
62 km or 38 mi	Nanaimo	$1719
72 km or 45 mi	Bellingham	$2466
84 km or 52 mi	Chilliwack	$1761
88 km or 54 mi	Saanich	$2121
94 km or 58 mi	Langford	$2047
94 km or 58 mi	Victoria	$2093
97 km or 61 mi	Whistler	$2023
108 km or 67 mi	Mount Vernon	$2542
111 km or 69 mi	Oak Harbor	$2751
129 km or 80 mi	Port Angeles	$2527
130 km or 81 mi	Sequim	$2692
145 km or 90 mi	Courtenay	$1810
149 km or 92 mi	Marysville	$2598
156 km or 97 mi	Lake Stevens	$2604
158 km or 98 mi	Everett	$2589
159 km or 99 mi	Mukilteo	$2637
168 km or 104 mi	Mill Creek	$2642
170 km or 105 mi	Lynnwood	$2726
170 km or 105 mi	Edmonds	$2785
175 km or 109 mi	Shoreline	$2973
177 km or 110 mi	Campbell River	$2155
177 km or 110 mi	Bothell	$2625
178 km or 111 mi	Kenmore	$2718
182 km or 113 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2810
186 km or 116 mi	Kirkland	$2882
190 km or 118 mi	Bremerton	$2462
190 km or 118 mi	Redmond	$3239
191 km or 119 mi	Seattle	$3015
194 km or 120 mi	Bellevue	$3273
198 km or 123 mi	Mercer Island	$2826
198 km or 123 mi	Sammamish	$2759