Riyadh vs Yaounde - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Yaounde
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$747
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$1837
🏠 One person rent	$944	$330
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$606
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$281
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$61.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$349
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	72	25
😀 Quality of life	78	24
🏙️ Population	7.01M	2.44M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 119% more expensive than in Yaounde. Cities ranked 2911th and 6685th ($1637 vs $747) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Saudi Arabia and Cameroon, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Cameroon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 0.5 months in Yaounde. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Yaounde ranked 2nd in Cameroon, while ranked 733rd and 8653rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Yaounde

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	Riyadh	Yaounde
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$4.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$2.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$220
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$1005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$77
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$47.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$1871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$626
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$19.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$2.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$6.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$5.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$4.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$8.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$1.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$3.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$2.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$19.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$36.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$87.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$306
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$1631

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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 Yaounde

Distance	City	Cost of living
203 km or 126 mi	Douala	$1265
217 km or 135 mi	Bafoussam	$555
245 km or 152 mi	Kumba	$764
256 km or 159 mi	Buea	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Limbe	$655
275 km or 171 mi	Bamenda	$553
297 km or 185 mi	Bata	$1121
305 km or 189 mi	Malabo	$741
374 km or 233 mi	Calabar	$384
448 km or 278 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
449 km or 279 mi	Libreville	$668
475 km or 295 mi	Berberati	$482
481 km or 299 mi	Aba	$621
484 km or 301 mi	Umuahia	$883
511 km or 317 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
529 km or 329 mi	Owerri	$1611
530 km or 329 mi	Enugu	$462
558 km or 346 mi	Awka	$805
584 km or 363 mi	Onitsha	$972
593 km or 368 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
640 km or 398 mi	Garoua	$556
660 km or 410 mi	Sao Tome	$900
665 km or 413 mi	Warri	$881
669 km or 415 mi	Trindade	$900
709 km or 440 mi	Benin	$558
729 km or 453 mi	Abuja	$1502
735 km or 457 mi	Jos	$820
738 km or 459 mi	Mubi	$665
741 km or 461 mi	Bauchi	$759
748 km or 465 mi	Gamboma	$522
754 km or 468 mi	Owo	$651
783 km or 487 mi	Bangui	$513
795 km or 494 mi	Akure	$634
809 km or 503 mi	Maroua	$533
813 km or 505 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
831 km or 516 mi	Bongor	$486
842 km or 523 mi	Minna	$743
862 km or 535 mi	Mbandaka	$850
867 km or 539 mi	Kaduna	$371
867 km or 539 mi	Ife	$779