Beirut vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Beirut	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1441	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3510	$2518
🏠 One person rent	$641	$514
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$842
🍽️ Food expenses	$430	$313
🚐 Transport expenses	$225	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$260	$1923
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	74	40
😀 Quality of life	63	75
🏙️ Population	2.42M	903K

The cost of living in Beirut is 36% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 4177th and 5152nd ($1441 vs $1059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Lebanon vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Beirut compared to 1.8 months in Dammam. Beirut ranked 1st best city to live in Lebanon vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5483rd and 1491st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Beirut vs Dammam

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	Beirut	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.8	$7.52
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.96	$6.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.48	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$4.49	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$758	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$406	$337
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1356	$874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$198	$121
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.2	$63.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.06%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3695	$1087
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1988	$803
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.97	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$35.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$1.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.8	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$7.47
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$7.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$12.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.47	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.88	$2.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.93	$2.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.97	$7.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.82	$3.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.88	$3.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.8	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.26	$2.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$76.3	$73.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$10	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$75.9	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.7	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$66.9	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$138	$96.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$487	$420
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8983	$7969

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Cities near Beirut

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Jounieh	$1204
37 km or 23 mi	Zahle	$1093
38 km or 23 mi	Sidon	$927
68 km or 42 mi	Tripoli	$841
75 km or 46 mi	Tyre	$700
76 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$2164
83 km or 52 mi	Damascus	$706
99 km or 62 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$2153
102 km or 64 mi	Safed	$2195
106 km or 66 mi	Nahariya	$2069
112 km or 69 mi	Karmiel	$2008
114 km or 71 mi	Acre	$1873
115 km or 72 mi	Sakhnin	$2112
116 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$2150
119 km or 74 mi	Tamra	$2142
122 km or 76 mi	Tiberias	$2044
123 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$2113
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$2089
124 km or 77 mi	Kiryat Yam	$2095
124 km or 77 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$2122
127 km or 79 mi	Kiryat Ata	$2047
130 km or 81 mi	Haifa	$1891
131 km or 82 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
132 km or 82 mi	Nesher	$2043
133 km or 83 mi	Nazareth	$2125
137 km or 85 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
142 km or 88 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2184
144 km or 89 mi	Afula	$2133
145 km or 90 mi	Homs	$390
151 km or 94 mi	Irbid	$771
155 km or 97 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2230
156 km or 97 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
165 km or 103 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2129
169 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
169 km or 105 mi	Hadera	$1918
179 km or 111 mi	Hama	$441
183 km or 114 mi	Jerash	$745
183 km or 114 mi	Netanya	$2175
184 km or 114 mi	Latakia	$446
186 km or 116 mi	Tayibe	$2347

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