Cost of living comparison
Riyadh is 47.0% more expensive than Tirana.
If you lived in Riyadh instead of Tirana, you would:
pay 29.7% less for restaurants
Tirana
|
Riyadh
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$6.82
ALL637
|
$6.66
SAR25.00
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$6.82
ALL637
|
$6.80
SAR25.50
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.57
ALL147
|
$0.80
SAR3.00
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.78
ALL73
|
$0.26
SAR0.97
|
|
pay 18.1% more for groceries
Tirana
|
Riyadh
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.88
ALL82
|
$0.87
SAR3.25
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$4.26
ALL398
|
$3.88
SAR14.56
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$6.34
ALL592
|
$6.75
SAR25.33
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$3.31
ALL309
|
$2.75
SAR10.30
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.10
ALL289
|
$3.52
SAR13.21
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.51
ALL48
|
$0.94
SAR3.51
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.91
ALL85
|
$0.78
SAR2.93
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.65
ALL61
|
$0.75
SAR2.82
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.64
ALL60
|
$0.93
SAR3.50
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.40
ALL38
|
$0.57
SAR2.13
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.40
ALL37
|
$0.54
SAR2.01
|
|
pay 1.0% more for transportation
Tirana
|
Riyadh
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$8.27
ALL772
|
$2.31
SAR8.67
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$15.60
ALL1,456
|
$31.99
SAR119.98
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$20,815.16
ALL1,942,697
|
$23,992.84
SAR89,986.11
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$26.32
ALL2,456
|
$14.66
SAR54.99
|
|
pay 2.2 times more for housing
Tirana
|
Riyadh
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$16.74
ALL1,562
|
$71.71
SAR268.96
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$496.12
ALL46,303
|
$927.46
SAR3,478.49
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$320.47
ALL29,910
|
$598.10
SAR2,243.20
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$72.54
ALL6,770
|
$69.43
SAR260.40
|
|
pay 81.0% more for childcare
Tirana
|
Riyadh
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$203.42
ALL18,985
|
$372.21
SAR1,396.00
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$3,770.26
ALL351,881
|
$6,748.95
SAR25,312.22
|
|
pay 2.1 times more for entertainment and sports
Tirana
|
Riyadh
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.95
ALL182
|
$1.60
SAR6.00
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.51
ALL141
|
$3.86
SAR14.48
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.41
ALL318
|
$7.46
SAR28.00
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$40.37
ALL3,767
|
$101.08
SAR379.11
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$7.21
ALL673
|
$17.33
SAR64.99
|
|
pay 24.6% more for clothing
Tirana
|
Riyadh
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$52.10
ALL4,863
|
$51.90
SAR194.64
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$38.16
ALL3,561
|
$63.87
SAR239.56
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$83.51
ALL7,794
|
$109.70
SAR411.45
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$96.12
ALL8,971
|
$96.25
SAR360.98
|
|
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