Maputo vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Maputo	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$915	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2130	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$428	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$677	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$312	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.3	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	1 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	29	73
😀 Quality of life	42	80
🏙️ Population	1.13M	7.01M

The cost of living in Maputo is 44% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6137th and 3418th ($915 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Mozambique and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Mozambique vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Maputo compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Maputo ranked 1st best city to live in Mozambique vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7527th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Maputo vs Riyadh

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	Maputo	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.36	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.1	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.79	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.09	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$415	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$253	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$737	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$448	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.6	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.6	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	24.12%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4181	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2063	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.1	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.02	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.39	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.7	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.98	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.48	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.41	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.8	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.65	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.98	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.87	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.2	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.89	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.1	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.61	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.8	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5749	$9818

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Cities near Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$908
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$469
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$915
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$599
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$827
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$830
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$838
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$740
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$826
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$892
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$975
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$984
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$890
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$892
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$706
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$984
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$875
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$940
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$808
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$762
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$650
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$577
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$514
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$873
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$598
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$668
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$833
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$637
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$536
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$996
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$901
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$607

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463