Riyadh vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$1495
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$3864
🏠 One person rent	$944	$837
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$1959
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$52.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	8
😀 Quality of life	78	59
🏙️ Population	7.01M	24.7K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 9% more expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 2911th and 3454th ($1637 vs $1495) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Saudi Arabia and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 733rd and 5404th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Victoria

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	Riyadh	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$48.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$9.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$3.81
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$2.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$826
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$1953
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$1746
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$83.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	16.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$1127
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$6.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$3.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$9.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$4.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$21.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.72
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$90.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$64.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$65.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$8298

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1100
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1105
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$706
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$447
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$498
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$808
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$745
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$580
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$712
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$552
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$523
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$507
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$545
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1371
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1400
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1506
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1150
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$486
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$561
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$660
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$541
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$408