Athens vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Athens	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1272	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3097	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$616	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$1082	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$450	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.4	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1094	$2468
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	90	40
😀 Quality of life	78	74
🏙️ Population	643K	903K

The cost of living in Athens is 21% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 4281st and 5127th ($1272 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 6th in Greece and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Greece vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Athens compared to 2.3 months in Dammam. Athens ranked 1st best city to live in Greece vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 656th and 1259th 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	$15.1	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.4	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.11	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.19	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$583	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$455	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1040	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$850	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$107	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$29.3	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.85%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3265	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3075	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.7	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.9	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.71	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.7	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.01	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.94	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.09	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.01	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.39	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.9	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$86	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$456	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9915	$8339

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Cities near Athens

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.2 mi	Kallithea	$1159
4 km or 2.5 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
5 km or 3.1 mi	Peristeri	$1082
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
6.5 km or 4 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
7.3 km or 4.5 mi	Piraeus	$1045
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Nikaia	$1054
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
12 km or 7.2 mi	Glyfada	$1437
15 km or 9 mi	Kifissia	$1265
15 km or 9.1 mi	Voula	$1296
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
16 km or 10 mi	Eleusis	$1022
20 km or 12 mi	Salamina	$967
55 km or 34 mi	Chalcis	$980
69 km or 43 mi	Corinth	$955
129 km or 80 mi	Tripoli	$990
151 km or 94 mi	Lamia	$836
154 km or 96 mi	Mykonos	$1838
168 km or 104 mi	Volos	$981
176 km or 109 mi	Patras	$1011
178 km or 111 mi	Kalamata	$1033
214 km or 133 mi	Agrinio	$900
216 km or 134 mi	Chios	$1099
216 km or 134 mi	Larissa	$1030
219 km or 136 mi	Karditsa	$1012
231 km or 143 mi	Santorini	$1659
243 km or 151 mi	Trikala	$1015
275 km or 171 mi	Mytilene	$934
275 km or 171 mi	Katerini	$973
275 km or 171 mi	Chania	$1131
298 km or 185 mi	Rethymno	$1052
302 km or 188 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
303 km or 188 mi	Izmir	$909
307 km or 191 mi	Kozani	$943
311 km or 193 mi	Ioannina	$930
311 km or 193 mi	Kusadasi	$764
311 km or 193 mi	Veria	$1027
315 km or 196 mi	Crete	$1150

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