Riyadh vs Yangon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Riyadh	Yangon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1586	$919
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3407	$1997
🏠 One person rent	$921	$572
🏘️ Family rent	$1393	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$176	$74.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2861	$235
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	71	30
😀 Quality of life	77	26
🏙️ Population	7.01M	6.87M

The cost of living in Riyadh is 73% more expensive than in Yangon. Cities ranked 3292nd and 6082nd ($1586 vs $919) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Myanmar, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Riyadh compared to 0.3 months in Yangon. Riyadh ranked 1st best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Yangon ranked 2nd in Myanmar, while ranked 796th and 8533rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Riyadh vs Yangon

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	Riyadh	Yangon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.92	$2.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.9	$23.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.96	$3.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$4.33	$2.12
🥤 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	$1005	$871
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$726	$431
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1969	$1016
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1032	$707
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.1	$27.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$99.7	$41.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.34%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2212	$1438
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1360	$312
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.05	$0.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$37.6	$9.19
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$8.11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.61	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.03	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.34	$4.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.39	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.13	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.43	$1.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.85	$0.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.26	$1.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.61	$0.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.1	$1.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$104	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.9	$3.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.9	$8.95
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$1.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.9	$58.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$373	$484
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10359	$10024

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Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489

Cities near Yangon

Distance	City	Cost of living
71 km or 44 mi	Bago	$783
151 km or 94 mi	Pathein	$792
158 km or 98 mi	Hpa-an	$612
161 km or 100 mi	Mawlamyine	$564
334 km or 207 mi	Naypyidaw	$690
373 km or 232 mi	Chiang Mai	$742
373 km or 232 mi	Pai	$655
438 km or 272 mi	Phitsanulok	$559
442 km or 275 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$674
451 km or 280 mi	Taunggyi	$617
506 km or 314 mi	Sittwe	$593
520 km or 323 mi	Chiang Rai	$513
534 km or 332 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$564
552 km or 343 mi	Myeik	$570
566 km or 352 mi	Pak Kret	$739
566 km or 352 mi	Tha Khlong	$664
571 km or 355 mi	Nonthaburi	$759
571 km or 355 mi	Rangsit	$613
576 km or 358 mi	Mandalay	$613
578 km or 359 mi	Bangkok	$994
588 km or 365 mi	Lat Luang	$787
591 km or 367 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$786
600 km or 373 mi	Monywa	$588
624 km or 388 mi	Hua Hin	$676
658 km or 409 mi	Laem Chabang	$769
662 km or 411 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$758
666 km or 414 mi	Pattaya	$800
666 km or 414 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$564
671 km or 417 mi	Nong Prue	$773
686 km or 427 mi	Cox's Bazar	$325
697 km or 433 mi	Vientiane	$1168
705 km or 438 mi	Udon Thani	$555
708 km or 440 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
713 km or 443 mi	Khon Kaen	$608
719 km or 447 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
742 km or 461 mi	Klaeng	$703
756 km or 470 mi	Jinghong	$599
763 km or 474 mi	Chittagong	$312
816 km or 507 mi	Serei Saophoan	$633
834 km or 518 mi	Pu'er	$626