Riyadh vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riyadh	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1627	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3576	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$931	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$1463	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2496	$2042
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	73	94
😀 Quality of life	80	85
🏙️ Population	7.01M	1.86M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 18% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 3418th and 2069th ($1627 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Poland, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Riyadh compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 759th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Warsaw

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	Riyadh	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.98	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.8	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1807	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1160	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2939	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.5	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.6	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.3	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.34	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.36	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$101	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.9	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.99	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.5	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$451	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9818	$15871

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349