Every drive time below is measured from the compound gate to King Salman Park Foundation(Site Office), outside peak hours. If this is where the working day starts, these are the communities that make it bearable.
25 of the 47 compounds we track sit within 20 minutes, 45 within 30. The closest is Mena house compound at 8 minutes, and the most affordable within reach is Azure Asala from SAR 85,000 a year.
| Compound | Drive | District | Units | Indicative rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mena house compound | 8 min | As Sulimaniyah | 1BR, 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 125,000 |
| The Residence Olaya | 9 min | Al Olaya | 1BR, 3BR | from SAR 95,000 |
| Flow Olaya | 10 min | Al Olaya | 1BR, 2BR | from SAR 145,000 |
| Mena Al Muruj Residence | 10 min | Al Muruj | On request | On request |
| Array suites | 10 min | Al Olaya | 1BR, 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 165,000 |
| Al Maria Residence | 12 min | As Sulimaniyah | 1BR, 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 110,000 |
| Azure Al Wadi | 14 min | Al Wadi | 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 142,500 |
| Azure KAFD | 14 min | Al Aqiq | 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, Villa | from SAR 210,000 |
| Creative Hospitality Compound | 14 min | Al Nakhil | On request | On request |
| Executive Living Compound | 14 min | Ar Rabi | 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 137,750 |
| 4.09 | 14 min | Al Aqiq | 1BR, 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 193,284 |
| Mena Village Compound | 14 min | As Sulimaniyah | 2BR, 3BR, Villa | from SAR 165,000 |
| Azure Rabwah | 15 min | Ar Rabwah | 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, Villa | from SAR 94,864 |
| Livin Olaya | 15 min | Al Olaya | Studio, 1BR, Villa | On request |
| The Orient Compound | 15 min | Al Izdihar | 1BR, 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 89,500 |
| Torch Residence | 16 min | Al Olaya | On request | On request |
| STAY At Nakheel | 16 min | Al Nakhil | On request | On request |
| Alfardan Residence (Olaris) | 16 min | Al Olaya | 1BR, 2BR | from SAR 120,000 |
| LIV by Yamama - KAFD | 17 min | Al Aqiq | On request | On request |
| STAY At Aghna | 18 min | Al Nakhil | On request | On request |
| Flow Granada | 19 min | Ghirnatah | 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 180,000 |
| La Cordia Suites | 19 min | Al Mathar Ash Shamali | On request | On request |
| LIV by Yamama - Al Nada | 19 min | Al Nada | On request | On request |
| Azure Hittin | 20 min | Hittin | 1BR, 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 121,275 |
| Stella Stays Riyadh Olaya Tower 1 | 20 min | As Sahafah | On request | On request |
| Azure Central | 21 min | Al Murabba | 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 145,000 |
| STAY At Hittin | 21 min | Hittin | On request | On request |
| Opal Residential Compound | 21 min | Al Narjis | 3BR | On request |
| Stella Stays Riyadh Olaya Tower 2 | 21 min | Al Malqa | Studio, 1BR | from SAR 100,000 |
| Stella Stays Riyadh King Fahd | 21 min | Al Malqa | Studio, 1BR | from SAR 117,000 |
| Antara Compound | 21 min | Ar Rihab | Villa | On request |
| Azure Narjis | 22 min | Al Narjis | 3BR | from SAR 171,600 |
| Azure Asala | 22 min | Al Safa | 1BR, 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 85,000 |
| STAY At M131 (majdyah) | 22 min | Al Yasmin | 2BR | from SAR 139,999 |
| Stella Stays Al Malqa | 23 min | Al Malqa | Studio, 1BR, 2BR | from SAR 90,000 |
| Wadi Qortuba | 24 min | Qurtubah | Villa | On request |
| Florentina Compound | 24 min | Al Malqa | Studio, 1BR, 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 128,000 |
| STAY At AlYasmin | 24 min | Al Yasmin | On request | On request |
| Dara Village Compound | 24 min | Al Munsiyah | Studio, 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, Villa | from SAR 90,000 |
| Azure Qairawan | 25 min | Al Qirawan | Villa | from SAR 475,000 |
| Al Bustan village | 25 min | Al Arid | Villa | On request |
| California Resort Riyadh | 25 min | Qurtubah | 1BR, 2BR, 3BR | On request |
| Azure Lamara | 29 min | Al Munsiyah | 1BR, 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 115,000 |
| Azure Qurtubah | 29 min | Al Munsiyah | 1BR, 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 107,500 |
| Vives Compound | 29 min | Al Janadriyah | 1BR, Villa | On request |
| Azure Palma II | 31 min | Al Arid | Villa | from SAR 275,000 |
| Flow Narjis | 31 min | Al Narjis | 2BR, 3BR | from SAR 172,500 |
Driving times measured by Manara between verified coordinates, outside peak hours, not estimated. Rents are indicative annual figures exclusive of VAT. Both move: we confirm the current position before any viewing.
A twenty minute drive outside peak is closer to forty at eight in the morning on King Fahd Road. The compounds at the top of this table are the ones where the commute does not decide your mood before you arrive.
Most of what is close sits in As Sulimaniyah, Al Olaya, Al Muruj and nearby. Availability is a moving position, not a published fact, so treat this as the shape of the choice rather than a list of what is free this week.
If the commute is the thing you are weighing, a car with driver in Riyadh changes the arithmetic: the drive stops being time you lose.
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