Bekasi vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bekasi	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$518	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1321	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$202	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$377	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$216	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$44	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$442	$2468
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	75	40
😀 Quality of life	45	74
🏙️ Population	2.38M	903K

The cost of living in Bekasi is 51% less expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 8501st and 5127th ($518 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 6th in Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Bekasi compared to 2.3 months in Dammam. Bekasi ranked 13th best city to live in Indonesia vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6589th and 1259th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bekasi vs Dammam

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	Bekasi	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.6	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.1	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.84	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.76	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.69	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$383	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$269	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.9	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.7	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$23.8	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.11%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$651	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$12	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.6	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.82	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.83	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.5	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.15	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.98	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.15	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.13	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.23	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.1	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.63	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.8	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.84	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$37.6	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$68.8	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$107	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7538	$8339

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bekasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Jakarta	$701
27 km or 16 mi	Depok	$385
32 km or 20 mi	South Tangerang	$536
41 km or 26 mi	Tangerang	$558
46 km or 29 mi	Bogor	$513
77 km or 48 mi	Sukabumi	$563
93 km or 58 mi	Cimahi	$500
95 km or 59 mi	Serang	$492
101 km or 63 mi	Bandung	$545
112 km or 70 mi	Cilegon	$488
180 km or 112 mi	Tasikmalaya	$373
181 km or 113 mi	Cirebon	$521
211 km or 131 mi	Banjar	$490
212 km or 132 mi	Bandar Lampung	$374
225 km or 140 mi	Metro	$432
246 km or 153 mi	Tegal	$480
277 km or 172 mi	Cilacap	$474
304 km or 189 mi	Pekalongan	$471
386 km or 240 mi	Semarang	$493
406 km or 252 mi	Salatiga	$421
410 km or 255 mi	Yogyakarta	$408
437 km or 271 mi	Prabumulih	$417
438 km or 272 mi	Palembang	$395
447 km or 278 mi	Surakarta	$417
482 km or 300 mi	Pagar Alam	$458
523 km or 325 mi	Madiun	$486
563 km or 350 mi	Lubuklinggau	$466
580 km or 361 mi	Kediri	$464
591 km or 367 mi	Bengkulu	$500
605 km or 376 mi	Blitar	$453
615 km or 382 mi	Mojokerto	$505
636 km or 395 mi	Batu	$410
639 km or 397 mi	Jambi	$458
644 km or 400 mi	Surabaya	$549
650 km or 404 mi	Malang	$365
670 km or 417 mi	Pasuruan	$510
707 km or 439 mi	Probolinggo	$614
738 km or 459 mi	Pontianak	$427
823 km or 511 mi	Singkawang	$430
844 km or 524 mi	Tanjung Pinang	$506

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