Nuremberg vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Nuremberg	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1777	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4303	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$873	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$1471	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$601	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$165	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3726	$2285
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	56	70
😀 Quality of life	91	78
🏙️ Population	526K	7.01M

The cost of living in Nuremberg is 9% more expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 2945th and 3529th ($1777 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 156th 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 2.1 months in Nuremberg compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Nuremberg ranked 24th best city to live in Germany vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 150th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Nuremberg vs Riyadh

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	Nuremberg	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.4	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.28	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.47	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.22	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$859	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$615	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1521	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1084	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$255	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.8	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.95%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7454	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4228	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$4.4	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68.5	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.7	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.29	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.8	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.01	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.09	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.2	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.3	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.04	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.4	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$47.9	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.5	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17866	$9443

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Cities near Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1678
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1668
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1668
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1652
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1637
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1813
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1666
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1656
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1635
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1461
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1648
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1359
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1491
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1536
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1583
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1606
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1597
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1743
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1647
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1735
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1724
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1721
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1551
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1609
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1326
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1608
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1684
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1370
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1779
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1738
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1596
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1827
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1684
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1327
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1767

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