Berlin vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Berlin	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2302	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5175	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$1280	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$2205	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$553	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$315	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3706	$2285
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	100	70
😀 Quality of life	95	78
🏙️ Population	3.78M	7.01M

The cost of living in Berlin is 41% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1275th and 3529th ($2302 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Germany and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Germany vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Berlin compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Berlin ranked 7th best city to live in Germany vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 35th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Berlin vs Riyadh

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	Berlin	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.72	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.77	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1324	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$952	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2341	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1711	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$208	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$321	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$46.4	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8913	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6080	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.45	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$69.8	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.9	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.6	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.6	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.69	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.06	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.38	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.95	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.69	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.8	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$68.6	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.1	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$97.9	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$135	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10963	$9443

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Cities near Berlin

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Teltow	$1931
18 km or 11 mi	Hohen Neuendorf	$1930
18 km or 11 mi	Hennigsdorf	$1921
20 km or 13 mi	Falkensee	$1905
21 km or 13 mi	Bernau bei Berlin	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Potsdam	$1940
25 km or 16 mi	Ludwigsfelde	$1889
28 km or 18 mi	Oranienburg	$1920
30 km or 19 mi	Konigs Wusterhausen	$1896
34 km or 21 mi	Werder	$1870
34 km or 21 mi	Strausberg	$1895
46 km or 29 mi	Eberswalde	$1878
49 km or 31 mi	Furstenwalde	$1816
50 km or 31 mi	Luckenwalde	$1853
57 km or 36 mi	Brandenburg an der Havel	$1859
60 km or 37 mi	Neuruppin	$1846
72 km or 44 mi	Rathenow	$1846
81 km or 50 mi	Frankfurt	$1698
86 km or 53 mi	Schwedt	$1857
88 km or 55 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
97 km or 60 mi	Neustrelitz	$1557
97 km or 60 mi	Eisenhuttenstadt	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Stendal	$1493
106 km or 66 mi	Cottbus	$1382
107 km or 67 mi	Burg bei Magdeburg	$1483
107 km or 67 mi	Zerbst	$1490
109 km or 68 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
109 km or 68 mi	Torgau	$1488
116 km or 72 mi	Neubrandenburg	$1597
119 km or 74 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
121 km or 75 mi	Waren	$1543
124 km or 77 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
124 km or 77 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
125 km or 78 mi	Spremberg	$1464
127 km or 79 mi	Magdeburg	$1473
128 km or 79 mi	Szczecin	$1240
128 km or 80 mi	Kothen	$1467
128 km or 80 mi	Gorzow Wielkopolski	$1121
131 km or 81 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
134 km or 83 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$931
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$815
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$931
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1037
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$823
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1109
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1192
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2014
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1923
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$775
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$707
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$465
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$556
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$906
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$489
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1168
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$523
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$492
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$581
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1107
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$565
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$893
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$545
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$487