Munich vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Munich	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2188	$1642
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5197	$3429
🏠 One person rent	$1327	$996
🏘️ Family rent	$2400	$1477
🍽️ Food expenses	$507	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$203	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3867	$2566
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	91	71
😀 Quality of life	94	74
🏙️ Population	1.49M	7.01M

The cost of living in Munich is 33% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 1315th and 2922nd ($2188 vs $1642) 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 1.8 months in Munich compared to 1.6 months in Riyadh. Munich ranked 9th best city to live in Germany vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 48th and 1210th 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	$14.6	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.78	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.32	$4.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.28	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1411	$1149
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1028	$792
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2472	$2059
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1982	$1124
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$177	$58.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$276	$91.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.1	$73.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.53%	5.3%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11808	$2076
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8614	$1301
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.02	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.2	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.29	$1.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$2.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$7.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.83	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.72	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.31	$4.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.57	$7.27
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.43	$4.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.27	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$5.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.2	$100
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.3	$17.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$74.8	$49.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.8	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$95.5	$52.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.3	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$922	$358
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18334	$9649

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Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1803
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1758
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1794
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1763
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1755
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1748
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1728
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1603
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1698
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1608
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1576
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1733
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1634
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1668
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1206
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1660
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1646
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1751
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1663
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1560
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1537
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1663
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1481
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1533
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1517
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1575
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1505
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1937
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1516
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1568
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1720
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1587
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1585
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1438
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1582
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1487
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1546
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1585
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1691
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1599

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$1013
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$860
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$959
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1005
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$910
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$868
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1285
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1327
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1085
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1872
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1810
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$996
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$710
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$646
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$543
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$875
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$938
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$621
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$671
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$892
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$606
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$541
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$594
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$559
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1032
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$606
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$685
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$920
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$798
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$561