Riyadh vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Riyadh	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1627	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3576	$1519
🏠 One person rent	$931	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$1463	$382
🍽️ Food expenses	$375	$213
🚐 Transport expenses	$184	$70.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2496	$675
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	21 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	73	19
😀 Quality of life	80	44
🏙️ Population	7.01M	7.01M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 180% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 3418th and 7987th ($1627 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 243rd in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Riyadh compared to 1.2 months in Zhumadian. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Zhumadian ranked 315th in China, while ranked 759th and 7223rd 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	$7.98	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.8	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.24	$2.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.78	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1007	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$738	$152
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1807	$374
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1160	$276
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$49.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.8	$74.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.19%	3.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2939	$3219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2197	$1646
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.07	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.5	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.5	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.28	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.88	$1.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.6	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$2.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.3	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.34	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.73	$4.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.36	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.22	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$101	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$5.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.9	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.99	$5.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.5	$41.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$75.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$451	$319
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9818	$7830

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463

Cities near Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$526
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$582
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$583
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$507
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$581
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$517
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$523
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$552
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$582
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$522
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$595
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$525
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$518
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$553
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$517
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$579
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$504
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$555
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$478
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$513
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$542
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$516
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$598
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$592
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$510
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$629
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$535
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$585
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$513
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$533
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$561
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$503
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$570
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$506