Riyadh vs Zhumadian - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riyadh	Zhumadian
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1586	$659
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3407	$1725
🏠 One person rent	$921	$269
🏘️ Family rent	$1393	$474
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$73.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2861	$739
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	49 km
🎓 Higher education	71	19
😀 Quality of life	77	38
🏙️ Population	7.01M	7.01M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 141% more expensive than in Zhumadian. Cities ranked 3292nd and 7219th ($1586 vs $659) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 153rd in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Riyadh compared to 1.1 months in Zhumadian. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Zhumadian ranked 307th in China, while ranked 796th and 7140th 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	$7.92	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$21.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.96	$5.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1005	$244
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1969	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1032	$364
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.7	$72.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.34%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2212	$3395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$1906
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$3.49
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$12.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$8.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$3.81
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.1	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$104	$45.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$6.41
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$24
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$5.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$70.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$339
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10359	$9322

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489

Cities near Zhumadian

Distance	City	Cost of living
59 km or 36 mi	Wugang	$587
67 km or 42 mi	Luohe	$612
92 km or 57 mi	Zhoukou	$599
95 km or 59 mi	Xinyang	$683
96 km or 60 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
108 km or 67 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
118 km or 73 mi	Xuchang	$610
128 km or 80 mi	Jieshou	$619
140 km or 87 mi	Nanyang	$655
140 km or 87 mi	Changge	$568
140 km or 87 mi	Yuzhou	$571
152 km or 94 mi	Zaoyang	$614
152 km or 95 mi	Guangshui	$647
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$650
160 km or 100 mi	Xinzheng	$559
166 km or 103 mi	Fuyang	$673
173 km or 107 mi	Ruzhou	$555
184 km or 114 mi	Xinmi	$541
185 km or 115 mi	Dengzhou	$614
189 km or 117 mi	Dengfeng	$542
194 km or 121 mi	Anlu	$647
200 km or 124 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
203 km or 126 mi	Xiangyang	$622
204 km or 127 mi	Kaifeng	$623
210 km or 130 mi	Xingyang	$531
218 km or 135 mi	Yicheng	$599
219 km or 136 mi	Gongyi	$535
220 km or 137 mi	Shangqiu	$775
221 km or 137 mi	Macheng	$659
226 km or 140 mi	Yanshi	$521
228 km or 142 mi	Xiaogan	$681
230 km or 143 mi	Laohekou	$594
230 km or 143 mi	Yingcheng	$626
234 km or 145 mi	Jingshan	$606
238 km or 148 mi	Luoyang	$511
240 km or 149 mi	Danjiangkou	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Zhongxiang	$599
244 km or 151 mi	Mengzhou	$517
248 km or 154 mi	Yongcheng	$633
256 km or 159 mi	Qinyang	$525