Munich vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Munich	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2463	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5699	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$1467	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$2572	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$593	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$237	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3954	$2496
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	90	73
😀 Quality of life	94	80
🏙️ Population	1.51M	7.01M

The cost of living in Munich is 51% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 920th and 3418th ($2463 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 Munich compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Munich ranked 8th best city to live in Germany vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 61st and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Munich vs Riyadh

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	Munich	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.1	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$80.9	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14.3	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.83	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.05	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1546	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1155	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2816	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2089	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$294	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.03%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13232	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9526	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.77	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$67.9	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.98	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.55	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.32	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.4	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.82	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.59	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.04	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.4	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.75	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.71	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$53.4	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.8	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.4	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$954	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14492	$9818

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730

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