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Saudi Arabia vs. Sudan Cost of Living Summary

Saudi Arabia is 96.3% more expensive than Sudan overall.

Restaurants
pay 2.3 times more in Saudi Arabia
Groceries
pay 9.8% more in Saudi Arabia
Transportation
pay 98.5% more in Saudi Arabia
Housing
pay 73.1% more in Saudi Arabia
Childcare
pay 3.4 times more in Saudi Arabia
Entertainment and Sports
pay 3.0 times more in Saudi Arabia
Clothing
pay 6.4 times more in Saudi Arabia

The cost of clothing, childcare, entertainment and sports, restaurants, transportation, and housing in Saudi Arabia are more expensive than in Sudan. Notably, clothing, childcare, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Saudi Arabia.

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Saudi Arabia vs. Sudan Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Saudi Arabia instead of Sudan, you would:

pay 2.3 times more for restaurants

 
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $2.36
SDG1,418.54
$6.43
SAR24.15
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $2.71
SDG1,627.06
$7.60
SAR28.53
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.51
SDG308.57
$0.77
SAR2.90
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pay 9.8% more for groceries

 
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
Bread
1 loaf
 $1.40
SDG842.10
$0.98
SAR3.69
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $3.80
SAR14.25
Milk (1 gallon) $5.13
SDG3,083.40
$6.70
SAR25.16
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pay 98.5% more for transportation

 
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.29
SDG2,581.72
$2.35
SAR8.83
Monthly public transit pass ?? $35.96
SAR134.94
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $5,000.00
SDG3M
$44,549.24
SAR167K
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pay 73.1% more for housing

 
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $32.29
SDG19,423.33
$68.86
SAR258.41
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $537.26
SDG323K
$633.54
SAR2,377.57
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $171.67
SDG103K
$465.22
SAR1,745.88
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pay 3.4 times more for childcare

 
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $112.29
SDG67,544.64
$419.94
SAR1,575.96
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $2,702.37
SDG2M
$8,565.65
SAR32,145.50
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pay 3.0 times more for entertainment and sports

 
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.38
SDG1,430.34
$1.91
SAR7.18
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.79
SDG1,678.29
$3.43
SAR12.86
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $1.81
SDG1,088.74
$6.94
SAR26.04
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pay 6.4 times more for clothing

 
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 ?? $44.17
SAR165.75
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $8.70
SDG5,233.05
$55.80
SAR209.42
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 ?? $89.45
SAR335.69
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated October 2026). How we calculate this

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