Peshawar vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Peshawar	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$338	$1586
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$820	$3407
🏠 One person rent	$125	$921
🏘️ Family rent	$220	$1393
🍽️ Food expenses	$127	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$53	$176
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$193	$2861
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	48	71
😀 Quality of life	40	77
🏙️ Population	1.97M	7.01M

The cost of living in Peshawar is 79% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 9126th and 3292nd ($338 vs $1586) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 19th and 1st in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Pakistan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Peshawar compared to 1.8 months in Riyadh. Peshawar ranked 4th best city to live in Pakistan vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6896th and 796th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Peshawar vs Riyadh

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	Peshawar	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.79	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.5	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.55	$7.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$1.83	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$98	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$44.9	$726
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$211	$1969
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$97.5	$1032
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.2	$65.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$87	$99.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.1	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	20.47%	5.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$181	$2212
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$151	$1360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.18	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.15	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.53	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.22	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.8	$8.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.16	$8.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.46	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.85	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$1.64	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.8	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$0.71	$2.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.22	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.6	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.58	$5.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$9.61	$104
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.27	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.4	$49.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.9	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.4	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$34.4	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$28.7	$373
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$525	$10359

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Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$374
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$372
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$358
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$323
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$439
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$441
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$469
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$599
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$328
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$456
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$277
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$330
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$476
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$373
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$388
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$319
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$280
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$335
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$344
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$308
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$344
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$312
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$406
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$467
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$310
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$500
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$358
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$371
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$407
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$360
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$378
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659

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