Riyadh vs Wichita - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riyadh	Wichita
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1586	$1817
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3407	$4836
🏠 One person rent	$921	$998
🏘️ Family rent	$1393	$2208
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2861	$3778
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	71	46
😀 Quality of life	77	81
🏙️ Population	7.01M	398K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 13% less expensive than in Wichita. Cities ranked 3292nd and 2435th ($1586 vs $1817) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1891st in Saudi Arabia and the United States, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Riyadh compared to 2.1 months in Wichita. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Wichita ranked 124th in the United States, while ranked 796th and 488th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Wichita

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	Riyadh	Wichita
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.92	$20
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$59.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.96	$9.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$5.04
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$4.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$2.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$816
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$744
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1969	$2184
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1032	$1803
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.7	$257
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$72.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.34%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2212	$1544
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$1464
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$54.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$4.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$3.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$16.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$4.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$4.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$12.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$5.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.1	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$104	$50.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$12.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$99.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$44.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$88.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$910
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10359	$16129

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489

Cities near Wichita

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Derby	$1843
40 km or 25 mi	Newton	$1727
66 km or 41 mi	Hutchinson	$1243
111 km or 69 mi	Ponca	$1685
128 km or 80 mi	Salina	$1500
129 km or 80 mi	Emporia	$1596
151 km or 94 mi	Enid	$1832
155 km or 96 mi	Junction	$2026
161 km or 100 mi	Bartlesville	$1841
176 km or 109 mi	Stillwater	$1755
179 km or 111 mi	Manhattan	$1807
205 km or 128 mi	Owasso	$1732
209 km or 130 mi	Topeka	$1577
213 km or 132 mi	Tulsa	$1835
216 km or 134 mi	Claremore	$1772
217 km or 135 mi	Sapulpa	$1854
218 km or 136 mi	Hays	$1515
227 km or 141 mi	Edmond	$1580
230 km or 143 mi	Broken Arrow	$1835
232 km or 144 mi	Bixby	$1840
232 km or 144 mi	Lawrence	$1690
234 km or 146 mi	Pittsburg	$1899
236 km or 147 mi	Dodge	$1765
245 km or 152 mi	Gardner	$2100
246 km or 153 mi	Yukon	$1864
246 km or 153 mi	Oklahoma City	$1961
248 km or 154 mi	Midwest	$1919
250 km or 155 mi	Del	$1953
258 km or 160 mi	Mustang	$1931
258 km or 160 mi	Olathe	$2258
258 km or 161 mi	Joplin	$1874
262 km or 163 mi	Moore	$2045
263 km or 164 mi	Shawnee	$1909
266 km or 165 mi	Lenexa	$2308
268 km or 167 mi	Shawnee	$2231
270 km or 168 mi	Overland Park	$2433
274 km or 170 mi	Leawood	$2316
274 km or 171 mi	Norman	$2179
275 km or 171 mi	Belton	$1802
276 km or 172 mi	Prairie Village	$2287