Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Saudi Arabia
  3. Spain
  4. Comparison
SAR
COMPARED TO
EUR

Saudi Arabia is 15.1% cheaper than Spain.

If you lived in Spain instead of Saudi Arabia, you would:
local_dining

pay 83.8% more for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.01
SAR18.79
$11.30
€9.91
+125.6%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $6.23
SAR23.38
$7.79
€6.83
+25.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.63
SAR2.36
$1.89
€1.66
+200.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.22
SAR0.84
$1.25
€1.10
+460.0%
Saudi Arabia vs. Spain - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 21.8% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $0.53
SAR2.00
$1.07
€0.94
+100.3%
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.56
SAR9.60
$4.92
€4.31
+92.0%
Milk (1 gallon) $4.74
SAR17.77
$3.17
€2.78
-33.1%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.89
SAR7.10
$1.84
€1.62
-2.7%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $2.31
SAR8.67
$2.87
€2.52
+24.3%
Apples (1 lb) $0.87
SAR3.26
$0.83
€0.73
-4.6%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.65
SAR2.45
$0.74
€0.65
+14.1%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.66
SAR2.47
$0.63
€0.55
-4.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.67
SAR2.52
$0.79
€0.69
+17.8%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.49
SAR1.83
$0.53
€0.46
+8.5%
Onions (1 lb) $0.44
SAR1.65
$0.54
€0.47
+23.1%
Saudi Arabia vs. Spain - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 7.1% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $1.37
SAR5.12
$5.29
€4.64
+287.2%
Monthly public transit pass $35.47
SAR133.01
$39.18
€34.35
+10.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $19,263.58
SAR72,230.74
$20,639.71
€18,098.98
+7.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $19.59
SAR73.45
$13.94
€12.23
-28.8%
Saudi Arabia vs. Spain - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 69.8% more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $62.18
SAR233.15
$45.05
€39.51
-27.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $327.06
SAR1,226.36
$608.82
€533.88
+86.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $284.66
SAR1,067.38
$483.65
€424.11
+69.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $53.63
SAR201.10
$98.11
€86.03
+82.9%
Saudi Arabia vs. Spain - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 50.6% more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $281.43
SAR1,055.25
$344.68
€302.25
+22.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $5,096.07
SAR19,108.23
$7,754.95
€6,800.33
+52.2%
Saudi Arabia vs. Spain - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 49.2% less for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.25
SAR4.69
$2.48
€2.17
+98.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.66
SAR9.98
$1.72
€1.50
-35.6%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $6.04
SAR22.64
$5.43
€4.76
-10.1%
Monthly membership at local gym $90.61
SAR339.75
$40.76
€35.74
-55.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $15.29
SAR57.34
$8.43
€7.39
-44.9%
Saudi Arabia vs. Spain - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 18.8% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $40.12
SAR150.44
$75.97
€66.62
+89.4%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $48.31
SAR181.13
$30.46
€26.71
-37.0%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $75.94
SAR284.74
$75.01
€65.78
-1.2%
Men's business shoes (leather) $66.52
SAR249.44
$92.82
€81.39
+39.5%
Saudi Arabia vs. Spain - Cost of clothing
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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: September 2019
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