Monaco City vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Monaco City	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$7861	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10082	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$6825	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$6182	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$768	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$63.8	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$8072	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	21	70
😀 Quality of life	66	78
🏙️ Population	38.4K	7.01M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 382% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1st and 3529th ($7861 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Monaco and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Monaco vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Monaco City compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5110th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Monaco City vs Riyadh

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	Monaco City	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.9	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.4	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.2	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.41	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.42	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.02	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$7561	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$6344	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$7042	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5552	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$272	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$60.1	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.28%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$84253	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$62621	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.18	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.3	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.74	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.94	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.33	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.61	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.9	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.1	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.63	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.24	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.24	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$18.5	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$12	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.21	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$6.03	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$89.6	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.5	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$46.6	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2320	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$47079	$9443

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$4626
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1516
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1934
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1627
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1945
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1556
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1968
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1490
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1294
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1375
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1660
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1479
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1545
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1649
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1342
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1652
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1788
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1354
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1780
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1471
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1602
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1338
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1824
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1618
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1566
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1275
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1581
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1769
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1542
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1458
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1290
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1445
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1694
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1425
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1680
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1778
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1606
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1659
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1392
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1803

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