Kathmandu vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kathmandu	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$419	$1078
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1077	$2358
🏠 One person rent	$131	$566
🏘️ Family rent	$240	$724
🍽️ Food expenses	$181	$282
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$1728
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	2 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	28	15
😀 Quality of life	46	47
🏙️ Population	846K	886K

The cost of living in Kathmandu is 61% less expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 8918th and 4967th ($419 vs $1078) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Nepal and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Nepal vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kathmandu compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Kathmandu ranked 1st best city to live in Nepal vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6495th and 6450th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kathmandu vs Tabuk

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	Kathmandu	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$1.44	$7.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.8	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.47	$6.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$1.81	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$162	$507
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$84.7	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$571
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$173	$480
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.8	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.58	$93.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.88%	4.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2191	$1372
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1059	$856
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.22	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.9	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.26	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.62	$2.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.84	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.13	$5.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.67	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.51	$1.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.17	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.27	$2.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$2.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.87	$6.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.24	$3.58
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.53	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.92	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.5	$77
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.22	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.77	$3.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.8	$29.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$53.2	$90.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$85.2	$666
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3409	$8574

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Cities near Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361

Cities near Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$381
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1577
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$793
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$961
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$646
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$342
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$336
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$710
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1716
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1680
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$798
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1471
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1684
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1686
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$813
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$762
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1742
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$905
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$781
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1732
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$994
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$640
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$996
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$552
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1837
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1811
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2123
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$1884
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1891
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$272
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028