Athens vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Athens	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1287	$1005
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3188	$2432
🏠 One person rent	$633	$432
🏘️ Family rent	$1164	$645
🍽️ Food expenses	$442	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.3	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1070	$2103
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	90	39
😀 Quality of life	78	71
🏙️ Population	664K	903K

The cost of living in Athens is 28% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 4210th and 5279th ($1287 vs $1005) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 7th 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 2.1 months in Dammam. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 560th and 2267th 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	$14.1	$6.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$48
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.19	$7.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.39	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$3.86	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$545	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1053	$642
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$862	$440
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$64.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$98.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.6	$66.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.53%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3172	$1145
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3082	$1121
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.3	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.5	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.1	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.04	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.3	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.53	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$8.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.61	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.91	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$2.14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.68	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.28	$8.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.09	$4.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.95	$3.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.33	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.56	$2.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$83.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.37	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$53.9	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$83.7	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$483	$457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10293	$8580

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1235
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1239
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1172
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1334
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1237
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1250
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1097
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1137
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1338
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1475
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1467
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1359
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1125
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1134
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$1047
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$1086
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$1129
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$1038
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$887
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1974
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$1090
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1037
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1058
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$943
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1186
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1067
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1738
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$945
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$937
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$1047
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1169
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1015
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1177
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$825
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$984
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$1098
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$647
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1009
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1144

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$959
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1327
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1375
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$868
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1285
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$910
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1810
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1872
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$646
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$621
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$606
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1642
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$798
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$710
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$606
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$890
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$541
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$604
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$543
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$561
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$875
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2229
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1612
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$1841
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$559
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$522
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$1013
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$543