Abidjan vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Abidjan	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1224	$1008
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$2457
🏠 One person rent	$548	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$912	$760
🍽️ Food expenses	$370	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$197	$133
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$198	$2256
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	33	40
😀 Quality of life	43	78
🏙️ Population	5.62M	903K

The cost of living in Abidjan is 21% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 4654th and 5502nd ($1224 vs $1008) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Ivory Coast and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Ivory Coast vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Abidjan compared to 2.2 months in Dammam. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7383rd and 1077th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abidjan vs Dammam

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	Abidjan	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.07	$6.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.9	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.4	$7.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$467	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$853	$667
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$656	$578
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40	$54.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.66%	4.32%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2430	$1114
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1432	$988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.98	$0.92
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$40.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.9	$24.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.56	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.1	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.52	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.17	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$24.8	$6.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.87	$7.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.52	$2.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.76	$7.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.67	$3.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.93	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.35	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.58	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$70.8	$71.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.83	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.7	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$4.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.1	$68.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.9	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$293	$418
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3211	$8640

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Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1059
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$1057
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$1057
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$1083
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$1066
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1056
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$1082
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$649
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$631
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$1123
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$532
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$668
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$822
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$630
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$600
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$1099
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$417
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$652
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$684
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$502
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$503
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$503
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$576
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$835
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$1003
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$699
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$831
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$703
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$846
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$514
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$598
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$705
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$502
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$793
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$712
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$536
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1010
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$877
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$508

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$908
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1230
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1237
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$873
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1201
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$930
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1770
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1849
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$453
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$477
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$503
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1627
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$530
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$730
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$553
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$529
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$483
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$530
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$549
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$463
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$889
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2514
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1419
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2521
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$571
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$459
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$967
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517