Riyadh vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$944	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$742
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$925
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	72	49
😀 Quality of life	78	59
🏙️ Population	7.01M	1.48M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 60% more expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 2911th and 5351st ($1637 vs $1021) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th in Saudi Arabia and Mexico, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 733rd and 5375th 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	$9.31	$9.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$8.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.2
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$1.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$330
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$978
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$553
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$50.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$78.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	11.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$5058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$24.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$2.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$8.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$7.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$9.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$2.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$9.85
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.59
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$3.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$44.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$4.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$27.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$8.88
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$5821

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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 Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1017
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$660
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$778
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$780
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$773
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$906
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$831
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$796
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$587
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$684
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1162
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$804
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$673
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$768
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$744
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$813
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$753
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$667
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$977
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$853
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$634
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$725
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$677
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$693
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$717
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$638
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$760
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$808
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$983
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$781
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$846
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$662
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$856
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1214
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$696