Athens vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Athens	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1366	$989
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3344	$2504
🏠 One person rent	$675	$419
🏘️ Family rent	$1210	$757
🍽️ Food expenses	$470	$327
🚐 Transport expenses	$92	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1105	$2391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	90	39
😀 Quality of life	78	73
🏙️ Population	643K	903K

The cost of living in Athens is 38% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 4177th and 5777th ($1366 vs $989) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 4th in Greece and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Greece vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Athens compared to 2.4 months in Dammam. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 658th and 1641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Athens vs Dammam

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	Athens	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.3	$6.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54	$40.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.62	$7.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.73	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.1	$4.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.2	$0.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$594	$285
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$495	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1183	$662
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$928	$560
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$73.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$200	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$63.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.72%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3450	$1159
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$1119
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.34	$1.06
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.5	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.2	$24.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.83	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.31	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.96	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$7.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$8.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.5	$2.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.35	$8.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.19	$3.16
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.37	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.13	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.75	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$47.2	$77.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.77	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.5	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$93.2	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$86.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$500	$417
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11136	$8345

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1257
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1258
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1228
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1346
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1262
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1278
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1143
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1146
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1399
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1528
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1459
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1399
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1045
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1106
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1054
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1148
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1005
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1060
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$896
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1956
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1133
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1080
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1123
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$956
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1198
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1019
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1062
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1769
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1036
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$899
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$989
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1257
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1120
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1223
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$892
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$1036
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1094
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$743
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1050
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1186

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$870
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1226
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1267
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$878
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1218
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$928
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1719
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1810
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$548
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$541
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$537
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1586
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$561
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$713
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$558
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$556
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$507
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$546
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$557
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$489
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$879
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2309
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1503
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2084
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$588
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$490
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$940
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547