Abidjan vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Abidjan	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1022	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2885	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$439	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$1190	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$156	$2468
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	34	40
😀 Quality of life	37	74
🏙️ Population	4.98M	903K

The cost of living in Abidjan is 3% less expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 5348th and 5127th ($1022 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th 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 2.3 months in Dammam. Abidjan ranked 1st best city to live in Ivory Coast vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7322nd and 1259th 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	$3.2	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.93	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.96	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.07	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.75	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$469	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$247	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1585	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$834	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$42.1	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.73%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2092	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1233	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.81	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$44	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.4	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.5	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.02	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.53	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.05	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.28	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.03	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.52	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.32	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$66.7	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.97	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.2	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.2	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.6	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$252	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2459	$8339

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Cities near Abidjan

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
39 km or 24 mi	Dabou	$882
70 km or 43 mi	Agboville	$882
157 km or 98 mi	Divo	$906
166 km or 103 mi	Abengourou	$889
215 km or 134 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
229 km or 142 mi	Gagnoa	$904
255 km or 158 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
276 km or 172 mi	Obuasi	$551
284 km or 176 mi	Bouake	$937
306 km or 190 mi	Kumasi	$433
425 km or 264 mi	Koforidua	$588
426 km or 265 mi	Accra	$729
444 km or 276 mi	Ashaiman	$560
445 km or 277 mi	Tema	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Korhogo	$916
517 km or 321 mi	Ho	$354
537 km or 334 mi	Hohoe	$575
544 km or 338 mi	Kpalime	$632
556 km or 345 mi	Greenville	$487
557 km or 346 mi	Yekepa	$487
564 km or 350 mi	Sanniquellie	$487
572 km or 356 mi	Tamale	$507
587 km or 365 mi	Lome	$755
593 km or 369 mi	Nzerekore	$999
619 km or 385 mi	Atakpame	$647
651 km or 404 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
659 km or 410 mi	Sotouboua	$649
675 km or 419 mi	Leo	$753
689 km or 428 mi	Sikasso	$499
696 km or 433 mi	Abomey	$590
699 km or 434 mi	Sokode	$651
712 km or 442 mi	Kakata	$487
722 km or 449 mi	Cotonou	$709
742 km or 461 mi	Kara	$658
746 km or 463 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
758 km or 471 mi	Monrovia	$523
764 km or 475 mi	Gueckedou	$1009
775 km or 482 mi	Manga	$774
776 km or 482 mi	Bougouni	$489

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$1068
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1243
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$897
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1223
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$901
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1709
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1779
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$551
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$557
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1637
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$547
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$736
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$589
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$548
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$536
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$563
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$547
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$529
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$904
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2379
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1494
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2240
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$597
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$525
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$969
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552