Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Common information
Cost of living and prices in Mecca
- One bedroom apartment
- outside of centre266USD/month
- in city centre224USD/month
- Three bedroom apartment
- outside of centre453USD/month
- in city centre718USD/month
Restaurants
| Meal | Inexpensive restaurant | 1 people | 6 USD |
| Meal | Mid-range restaurant | 2 people | 40 USD |
| Meal | McMeal at McDonalds | 1 pc | 7 USD |
| Drinks | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 2 USD |
| Drinks | Imported Beer | 0.33 litre | 2 USD |
| Drinks | Cappuccino | 1 portion | 3 USD |
| Drinks | Coke/Pepsi | 0.33 litre | 1 USD |
| Drinks | Water | 0.33 litre | 0 USD |
Markets
| Food | Milk | 1 litre | 2 USD |
| Food | Loaf bread | 0.5 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Rice white | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Eggs | 12 pc | 3 USD |
| Food | Local cheese | 1 kg | 7 USD |
| Meat | Chicken fillets | 1 kg | 8 USD |
| Fruits | Apples | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Fruits | Bananas | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Fruits | Oranges | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Potato | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Tomato | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Onion | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Lettuce | 1 head | 1 USD |
| Food | Water | 1.5 litre | 1 USD |
| Alcohol | Wine, Mid-Range | 1 bottle | 4 USD |
| Alcohol | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 2 USD |
| Alcohol | Imported Beer | 0.33 litre | 2 USD |
| Cigarettes | Marlboro | 1 pack | 7 USD |
Transportation
| Public transport | One-way | 1 ticket | 1 USD |
| Taxi | Taxi start | seat | 2 USD |
| Taxi | Normal tariff | 1 km | 1 USD |
| Taxi | Waiting | 1 hour | 11 USD |
| Fuel | Gasoline | 1 litre | 1 USD |
| Automobile | Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline | 1 pc | 23,990 USD |
| Automobile | Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort | 1 pc | 21,325 USD |
Entertainment
| Sport | Fitness Club | 1 month | 86 USD |
| Sport | Tennis Court Rent | 1 hour | 35 USD |
| Rest | Cinema, International Release | 1 place | 15 USD |
Goods
| Clothing | Jeans, Levis 501 | 1 pair | 23 USD |
| Clothing | Summer Dress in Zara, H&M | 1 pc | 57 USD |
| Shoes | Nike Running Shoes | 1 pair | 60 USD |
| Shoes | Men Leather Business Shoes | 1 pair | 51 USD |
Accommodation
| Utilities | Electricity, Heating... for 85m2 | 1 month | 77 USD |
| Communication | Mobile Phone Monthly Plan | 1 month | 32 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 1 bedroom | 224 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 bedroom | 266 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 3 bedroom | 718 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 3 bedroom | 453 USD |
| Buy apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 1 sq. meter | 1,494 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 sq. meter | 1,214 USD |
| Salary | Disposable Salary | 1 month | 1,648 USD |
| Mortgage | Interest Rate | 1 year | 4.4 |
Weather, climate, temperature by months in Mecca
| Season | Autumn | Winter | Spring | Summer | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Year |
| Record high, °C | 48 | 43 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 47 | 47 | 50 | 47 | 50 |
| Average high, °C | 42 | 38 | 34 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 37 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 41 | 37 |
| Average temperature, °C | 35 | 32 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 30 |
| Average low, °C | 28 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 24 |
| Record low, °C | 20 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 7 |
| Rain, days | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Fog, days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thunderstorms, days | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Average precipitation, mm. | 0 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Relative humidity, % | 56 | 58 | 61 | 59 | 69 | 59 | 56 | 55 | 52 | 48 | 46 | 50 | 56 |
| Relative humidity morning, % | 61 | 69 | 76 | 76 | 72 | 69 | 65 | 59 | 53 | 48 | 47 | 51 | 62 |
| Relative humidity evening, % | 28 | 29 | 37 | 42 | 42 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 31 |
| Wind speed, km/h | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Day Length, часов | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Dew point, °C | 20 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 194 |
| Growing degree-day, °C | 600 | 620 | 558 | 482 | 431 | 408 | 551 | 600 | 620 | 600 | 620 | 620 | 6710 |
| Solar radiation, global, Mj/m2 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 21 |