Adelaide vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$2518
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$514
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$842
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$313
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$1923
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	50	40
😀 Quality of life	92	75
🏙️ Population	1.39M	903K

The cost of living in Adelaide is 122% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 1178th and 5152nd ($2355 vs $1059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 4th in Australia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Australia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 1.8 months in Dammam. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 75th and 1491st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$7.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$6.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$337
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$63.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$1087
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$803
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$35.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$7.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$7.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$2.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$2.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$7.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$3.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$3.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$2.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$73.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$96.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$420
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$7969

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$965
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1218
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1340
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$778
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1062
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$917
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$2015
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$2100
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$454
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$457
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$471
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1628
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$494
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$703
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$505
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$497
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$469
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$485
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$522
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$459
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$861
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2470
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1543
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2356
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$548
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$452
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$938
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$487