Antwerp vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antwerp	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1834	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4433	$2518
🏠 One person rent	$929	$514
🏘️ Family rent	$1527	$842
🍽️ Food expenses	$618	$313
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3013	$1923
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	87	40
😀 Quality of life	90	75
🏙️ Population	529K	903K

The cost of living in Antwerp is 73% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 2660th and 5152nd ($1834 vs $1059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 21st and 4th in Belgium and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 1.8 months in Dammam. Antwerp ranked 3rd best city to live in Belgium vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 190th and 1491st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Dammam

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	Antwerp	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$20.7	$7.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$91	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$6.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.5	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.2	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.72	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$711	$337
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1217	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$201	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.3	$63.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.57%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4523	$1087
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3139	$803
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.49	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.4	$35.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.3	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.37	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.98	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$7.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$7.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.6	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.56	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.03	$2.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.13	$2.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.91	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.5	$7.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$3.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$3.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$2.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$73.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.3	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$32.1	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.8	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$96.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$867	$420
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20056	$7969

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1688
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1829
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1743
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1799
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1848
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1833
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1757
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1476
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1769
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1742
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2143
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1740
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1844
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2087
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1896
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1739
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1845
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1799
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1881
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1837
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2030
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1738
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1970
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1926
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1895
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1861
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1895
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1969
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1763
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1870
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2460
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2112
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1832
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1866
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1799
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1817
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1759
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1843
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1993

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