Riyadh vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Riyadh	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1637	$637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3629	$1667
🏠 One person rent	$944	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1530	$457
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$183	$71.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2731	$745
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	72	19
😀 Quality of life	78	38
🏙️ Population	7.01M	7.01M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 157% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 2911th and 7314th ($1637 vs $637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 137th in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Riyadh compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Zhumadian ranked 304th in China, while ranked 733rd and 7150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Zhumadian

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	Riyadh	Zhumadian
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.31	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$20.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.02	$5.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.16	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1001	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$748	$187
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2174	$450
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1140	$344
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$69.4	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$78.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.4	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2485	$3149
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1703	$1823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.2	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.75	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.14	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.75	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.37	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.71	$8.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.19	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.8	$3.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.03	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.23	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$102	$43.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.2	$23.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$5.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.2	$74.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$88.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$404	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10598	$8598

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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 Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$571
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$591
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$580
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$655
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$586
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$591
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$632
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$547
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$552
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$591
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$619
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$538
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$633
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$538
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$528
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$600
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$529
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$615
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$604
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$545
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$519
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$577
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$522
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$736
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$630
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$509
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$651
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$582
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$600
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$505
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$505
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$600
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$504