Ashgabat vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Ashgabat	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1584	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3634	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$798	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$1502	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$609	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$49.1	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$718	$2468
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	7	40
😀 Quality of life	29	74
🏙️ Population	1.03M	903K

The cost of living in Ashgabat is 50% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 3105th and 5127th ($1584 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Turkmenistan and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Turkmenistan vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Ashgabat compared to 2.3 months in Dammam. Ashgabat ranked 1st best city to live in Turkmenistan vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8250th and 1259th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ashgabat vs Dammam

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	Ashgabat	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.9	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.4	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.4	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$5.56	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.25	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$884	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$607	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1501	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1302	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.2	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$70	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$90.5	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.58%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3897	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3006	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.52	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.74	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.38	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.35	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.83	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.29	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.83	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.08	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$27.3	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.79	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$25.2	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.01	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.8	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.77	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.7	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$69.9	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.4	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$22.7	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6132	$8339

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Cities near Ashgabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.2 mi	Anau	$1553
95 km or 59 mi	Quchan	$515
99 km or 61 mi	Baherden	$1541
107 km or 66 mi	Bojnord	$510
197 km or 123 mi	Nishapur	$509
203 km or 126 mi	Sabzevar	$524
212 km or 132 mi	Mashhad	$508
294 km or 183 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
302 km or 187 mi	Kashmar	$521
306 km or 190 mi	Mary	$1503
307 km or 191 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
344 km or 213 mi	Shahrud	$598
361 km or 224 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
367 km or 228 mi	Gorgan	$685
451 km or 280 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
469 km or 291 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
496 km or 308 mi	Sari	$658
513 km or 318 mi	Nukus	$392
516 km or 321 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
517 km or 321 mi	Semnan	$580
524 km or 325 mi	Herat	$512
528 km or 328 mi	Babol	$458
558 km or 347 mi	Amol	$557
561 km or 349 mi	Bukhara	$431
570 km or 354 mi	Birjand	$574
634 km or 394 mi	Pardis	$665
654 km or 406 mi	Qarshi	$484
657 km or 408 mi	Pakdasht	$680
660 km or 410 mi	Golestan	$714
667 km or 414 mi	Sheberghan	$414
668 km or 415 mi	Qarchak	$681
668 km or 415 mi	Tehran	$788
670 km or 417 mi	Varamin	$651
671 km or 417 mi	Ray	$710
693 km or 431 mi	Qods	$698
694 km or 431 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
695 km or 432 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
700 km or 435 mi	Shahriar	$698
701 km or 435 mi	Karaj	$736
703 km or 437 mi	Fardis	$688

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