Riyadh vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Riyadh	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1628	$1349
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3587	$3115
🏠 One person rent	$936	$665
🏘️ Family rent	$1460	$1113
🍽️ Food expenses	$376	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2284	$975
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	70	47
😀 Quality of life	78	64
🏙️ Population	7.01M	1.26M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 21% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 3485th and 4430th ($1628 vs $1349) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th in Saudi Arabia and Mexico, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Riyadh compared to 0.7 months in Zapopan. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 899th and 5342nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Zapopan

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	Riyadh	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.94	$13.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.4	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$9.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.61
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$3.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$999	$841
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$757	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1794	$1437
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1176	$831
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.5	$82.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87.5	$127
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$73.2	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.52%	11.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3071	$6066
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1929	$674
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.64	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.33	$2.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.79	$2.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$4.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.27	$4.54
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.37	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.18	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.7	$43.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.1	$5.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.6	$40.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$10.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.2	$47.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$269
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10912	$6434

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1222
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$775
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$993
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$937
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$984
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1161
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1008
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$814
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$969
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$760
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$869
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1420
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1005
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$895
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$941
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$932
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$959
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$968
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$920
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1211
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$874
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$962
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$961
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$660
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$905
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$935
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$817
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1472
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$864
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1124
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1255
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$902
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$1069
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1047
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$976
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$764
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$909
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1085
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$994