Riyadh vs Yekaterinburg - Cost of Living Comparison

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Riyadh Yekaterinburg
🚶 Cost of living one person
$1632
$1053
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$3539
$2512
🏠 One person rent
$946
$559
🏘️ Family rent
$1446
$974
🍽️ Food expenses
$370
$342
🚐 Transport expenses
$183
$54.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$2285
$939
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity
21 km
17 km
🎓 Higher education
70
48
😀 Quality of life
78
63
🏙️ Population
7.01M
1.47M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 55% more expensive than in Yekaterinburg. Cities ranked 3529th and 5278th ($1632 vs $1053) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Saudi Arabia and Russia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Riyadh compared to 0.9 months in Yekaterinburg. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Yekaterinburg ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 879th and 5513th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Yekaterinburg

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Riyadh Yekaterinburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$8.06
$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$53.3
$53.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$7.94
$6.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.62
$1.98
☕ Cappuccino
$4.33
$2.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.79
$1.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$1000
$640
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$763
$420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1845
$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$1133
$756
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$63.5
$84.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$98.6
$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$72.1
$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
5.58%
19.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$2922
$2644
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$1930
$1615
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.08
$0.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$37.3
$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$18.3
$4.95
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$0.61
$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$1.61
$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$1.27
$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.52
$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12
$2.69
$1.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$8.76
$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$9.8
$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$15.2
$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.26
$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.68
$1.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.82
$2.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.52
$2.94
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.23
$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.45
$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.38
$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$2.39
$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$8.07
$7.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1.77
$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack
$7.34
$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$2.71
$4.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$4.31
$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$2.38
$0.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$5.23
$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$93.5
$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$14.7
$5.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$51.6
$18.8
💇 Haircut, simple
$8.02
$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans
$57
$79.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$111
$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$495
$444
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$9443
$7937

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Distance City Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi Al-Mubarraz
$793
316 km or 196 mi Unaizah
$931
350 km or 217 mi Ar Rass
$815
389 km or 242 mi Dhahran
$931
394 km or 245 mi Dammam
$1037
395 km or 245 mi Jubail
$928
417 km or 259 mi Qatif
$823
420 km or 261 mi Riffa
$1109
421 km or 262 mi Isa Town
$1192
426 km or 265 mi Manama
$1309
460 km or 286 mi Al Wafrah
$1281
480 km or 298 mi As Sulayyil
$1005
491 km or 305 mi Doha
$2014
496 km or 308 mi Al Khor
$1923
540 km or 336 mi Kuwait City
$1461
595 km or 369 mi Ha'il
$775
611 km or 379 mi Umm Qasr
$711
618 km or 384 mi Al-Faw
$707
631 km or 392 mi Bushehr
$465
646 km or 401 mi Az Zubayr
$698
652 km or 405 mi Abadan
$556
658 km or 409 mi Basra
$861
659 km or 410 mi Khorramshahr
$551
668 km or 415 mi Bisha
$906
680 km or 423 mi Borazjan
$489
701 km or 436 mi Bandar-e Mahshahr
$537
713 km or 443 mi Madinat Zayed
$1710
714 km or 443 mi Nasiriyah
$664
719 km or 447 mi Medina
$1168
737 km or 458 mi Kazerun
$523
747 km or 464 mi Behbahan
$492
754 km or 469 mi Samawah
$581
766 km or 476 mi Ahvaz
$571
775 km or 481 mi Abu Dhabi
$2070
790 km or 491 mi Mecca
$1107
798 km or 496 mi Shiraz
$565
800 km or 497 mi Amarah
$680
804 km or 499 mi Bareq
$893
804 km or 500 mi Jahrom
$545
823 km or 511 mi Yasuj
$487

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Distance City Cost of living
95 km or 59 mi Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky
$892
96 km or 59 mi Kamensk-Uralsky
$891
126 km or 78 mi Nizhny Tagil
$891
194 km or 120 mi Zlatoust
$729
194 km or 121 mi Chelyabinsk
$867
201 km or 125 mi Miass
$760
291 km or 181 mi Perm
$767
302 km or 188 mi Tyumen
$969
333 km or 207 mi Kurgan
$701
371 km or 231 mi Ufa
$853
396 km or 246 mi Magnitogorsk
$697
447 km or 277 mi Kostanay
$690
448 km or 278 mi Izhevsk
$700
461 km or 287 mi Sterlitamak
$743
486 km or 302 mi Salavat
$793
524 km or 326 mi Naberezhnye Chelny
$795
558 km or 346 mi Nizhnekamsk
$712
559 km or 348 mi Almetyevsk
$761
577 km or 358 mi Petropavl
$564
639 km or 397 mi Orsk
$589
666 km or 414 mi Orenburg
$757
678 km or 421 mi Kirov
$595
685 km or 426 mi Kokshetau
$747
716 km or 445 mi Kazan
$929
760 km or 473 mi Aktobe
$579
771 km or 479 mi Syktyvkar
$664
773 km or 480 mi Yoshkar-Ola
$733
780 km or 485 mi Samara
$838
798 km or 496 mi Tolyatti
$740
816 km or 507 mi Ulyanovsk
$679
821 km or 510 mi Cheboksary
$791
823 km or 511 mi Omsk
$834
865 km or 537 mi Oral
$604
872 km or 542 mi Syzran
$746
882 km or 548 mi Surgut
$813
949 km or 590 mi Nur-Sultan
$732
982 km or 610 mi Balakovo
$677
1011 km or 628 mi Saransk
$773
1014 km or 630 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$940
1023 km or 636 mi Nizhnevartovsk
$688