Riyadh vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$1607
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$944	$995
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$1825
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$369
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$1906
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	94
😀 Quality of life	78	83
🏙️ Population	7.01M	1.86M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 2% more expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 2911th and 3022nd ($1637 vs $1607) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Poland, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 1.2 months in Warsaw. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 733rd and 410th 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	$9.31	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$50.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$8.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$4.05
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$1.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$949
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$749
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$1958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$1406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$189
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$292
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$16.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$6081
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$4065
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$1.12
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$3.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.08
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$7.55
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$5.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$3.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$39.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$8.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$59.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$28.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$86.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$522
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$13608

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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 Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1324
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1302
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1090
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1095
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$882
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$884
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1082
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1125
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1083
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1170
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$964
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$947
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$989
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1051
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1016
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1234
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$983
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1173
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$935
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1093
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$469
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$866
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1098
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1057
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1025
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$950
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1107
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1042
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$902
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$1131
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$974
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1105
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1108
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$977
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1016
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$893
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1020
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$385