Riyadh vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Riyadh	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1632	$1280
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3539	$2964
🏠 One person rent	$946	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$1446	$988
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$149
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2285	$970
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	70	47
😀 Quality of life	78	63
🏙️ Population	7.01M	1.26M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 28% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 3529th and 4609th ($1632 vs $1280) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th 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 0.8 months in Zapopan. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 879th and 5628th 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	$8.06	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.3	$44.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$9.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$2.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1000	$767
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$763	$417
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1845	$1247
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1133	$721
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.5	$82.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.6	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$72.1	$34.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.58%	11.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2922	$6090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1930	$584
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.08	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.3	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.3	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$2.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.69	$2.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.76	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.8	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$3.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$2.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.07	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$2.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.34	$4.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.71	$6.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.31	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.38	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.23	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$93.5	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$5.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.6	$41.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.02	$9.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$57	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$495	$250
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9443	$6389

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Cities near Riyadh

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

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1241
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$784
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$990
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$925
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$983
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1157
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$910
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$1007
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$806
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$999
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$746
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$885
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1417
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1023
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$899
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$914
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$920
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$956
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$946
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$910
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1202
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$817
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$950
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$952
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$664
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$894
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$926
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$803
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1469
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$866
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$1028
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1241
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$913
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$1044
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$747
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$914
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1102
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$986