Riyadh vs Zagreb - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Zagreb
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$1253
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$2899
🏠 One person rent	$944	$663
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$1071
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$383
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$1581
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	72	38
😀 Quality of life	78	76
🏙️ Population	7.01M	767K

The cost of living in Riyadh is 31% more expensive than in Zagreb. Cities ranked 2911th and 4331st ($1637 vs $1253) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Saudi Arabia and Croatia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Croatia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 1.3 months in Zagreb. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Zagreb ranked 1st in Croatia, while ranked 733rd and 843rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Zagreb

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	Riyadh	Zagreb
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$50.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$8.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$2.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$624
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$503
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$826
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$108
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$27.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	4.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$2995
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$51.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$12.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$3.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$9.52
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$9.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$5.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$6.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$2.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$7.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$43
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$86.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$394
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$10861

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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 Zagreb

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.9 mi	Velika Gorica	$1101
46 km or 29 mi	Karlovac	$912
61 km or 38 mi	Novo Mesto	$1080
70 km or 43 mi	Bjelovar	$1008
71 km or 44 mi	Celje	$1116
87 km or 54 mi	Maribor	$1082
90 km or 56 mi	Velenje	$1157
97 km or 60 mi	Murska Sobota	$842
109 km or 68 mi	Nagykanizsa	$711
110 km or 68 mi	Bihac	$556
110 km or 68 mi	Prijedor	$659
114 km or 71 mi	Ljubljana	$1468
128 km or 79 mi	Sanski Most	$558
129 km or 80 mi	Rijeka	$1152
132 km or 82 mi	Kranj	$1261
135 km or 84 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
144 km or 89 mi	Wolfsberg	$1303
146 km or 91 mi	Graz	$1594
150 km or 93 mi	Banja Luka	$803
155 km or 96 mi	Kaposvar	$750
156 km or 97 mi	Klagenfurt	$1653
168 km or 104 mi	Trieste	$1421
168 km or 104 mi	Szombathely	$701
176 km or 109 mi	Slavonski Brod	$847
179 km or 111 mi	Nova Gorica	$985
179 km or 111 mi	Pecs	$848
180 km or 112 mi	Izola	$1263
181 km or 113 mi	Gorizia	$1223
186 km or 116 mi	Villach	$1582
188 km or 117 mi	Piran	$1247
188 km or 117 mi	Leoben	$1263
189 km or 118 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
195 km or 121 mi	Pula	$941
196 km or 122 mi	Zadar	$1122
208 km or 129 mi	Doboj	$603
209 km or 130 mi	Veszprem	$786
212 km or 132 mi	Udine	$1307
213 km or 132 mi	Osijek	$958
215 km or 134 mi	Sopron	$919
221 km or 137 mi	Szekszard	$747