Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Prices about 14% below Brussels
Income and price-level figures for Riyadh from official statistics, each with its source and date. Country-level context is labelled as country-level. More figures are added only when an official source and date are available.
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City Overview
The average household in Riyadh region had an income of SAR 12,668 a month (2018). Average household spending was SAR 13,893 a month (2018). Prices overall are about 14% below Brussels.
♙Population4,205,961
▣CurrencySAR
◷TimezoneAsia/Riyadh
▤CountrySaudi Arabia
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Cost of Living in Riyadh
About 14% below Brussels
86.5Price level index (Brussels = 100)
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What Stands Out
Favorable signals● Low unemployment nationally● High university enrolment nationally● High internet use nationally● Price level below Brussels
ConsiderationsNo major negative claim is inferred from the current core data.
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Income
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Climate & Context
Average temperature28.1°CYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Total rainfall74 mm/yearYear 2025, Open-Meteo
Internet users100%Country context (national)
Physicians per 1,000 people3.4Country context (national)
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Sources & dates for Riyadh
Price level (Brussels = 100)
Eurostat correction coefficient for duty stations outside the EU (Brussels = 100).86.5Eurostat — Extra-EU duty-station cost-of-living index · reference period 2025
Eurostat correction coefficient for duty stations outside the EU (Brussels = 100).86.5Eurostat — Extra-EU duty-station cost-of-living index · reference period 2025
Average household income
Saudi General Authority for Statistics, Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2018 (fieldwork 2017-2018): average monthly income and average monthly spending of all households, Saudi and non-Saudi, in the whole Riyadh administrative region, not the city alone. The newest survey with regional figures we could verify; incomes and prices have changed since.SAR 12,668/monthSaudi General Authority for Statistics, Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2018 · reference period Mar 2018
Saudi General Authority for Statistics, Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2018 (fieldwork 2017-2018): average monthly income and average monthly spending of all households, Saudi and non-Saudi, in the whole Riyadh administrative region, not the city alone. The newest survey with regional figures we could verify; incomes and prices have changed since.SAR 12,668/monthSaudi General Authority for Statistics, Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2018 · reference period Mar 2018
Average household spending
Saudi General Authority for Statistics, Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2018 (fieldwork 2017-2018): average monthly income and average monthly spending of all households, Saudi and non-Saudi, in the whole Riyadh administrative region, not the city alone. The newest survey with regional figures we could verify; incomes and prices have changed since.SAR 13,893/monthSaudi General Authority for Statistics, Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2018 · reference period Mar 2018
Saudi General Authority for Statistics, Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2018 (fieldwork 2017-2018): average monthly income and average monthly spending of all households, Saudi and non-Saudi, in the whole Riyadh administrative region, not the city alone. The newest survey with regional figures we could verify; incomes and prices have changed since.SAR 13,893/monthSaudi General Authority for Statistics, Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2018 · reference period Mar 2018
Average temperature
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.28.1 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.28.1 °COpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Total rainfall
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.74 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Open-Meteo historical weather archive (ERA5 reanalysis) for the city centre, measured over one full calendar year (temperature averaged, rainfall added up). One year of weather, not a 30-year climate average.74 mm/yearOpen-Meteo · reference period 2025
Unemployment, homicide rate, doctors, university enrolment and internet use above are national World Bank indicators for the whole country and are marked “national”. See the methodology for how each figure is collected, or report a correction.