Brisbane vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Brisbane	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2065	$1008
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4896	$2457
🏠 One person rent	$1253	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2149	$760
🍽️ Food expenses	$525	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$133
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3956	$2256
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	66	40
😀 Quality of life	98	78
🏙️ Population	2.71M	903K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 105% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 1813th and 5502nd ($2065 vs $1008) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 7th in Australia and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Australia vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 2.2 months in Dammam. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 9th and 1077th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Dammam

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	Brisbane	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$6.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.7	$34.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$7.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$1.87
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.65	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1514	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1022	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2603	$667
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1816	$578
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.2	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$54.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	4.32%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8291	$1114
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6020	$988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.92
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.8	$40.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$24.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.63
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$6.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.8	$7.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$1.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$1.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.48	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$2.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.28	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$7.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$3.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.35	$2.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.9	$71.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.8	$13.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$56.3	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$4.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$76.5	$68.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1795	$418
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11423	$8640

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1662
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1798
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2140
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2297
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1710
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1697
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1639
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2471
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1712
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1595
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1988
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1184
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1503
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1482
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1839
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1747
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2181
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1888
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1599
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2292
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2640
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1568
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1364
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1580
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1678
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2019
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1667
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1683
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1662
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1771
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1362
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1813
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1768
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1725
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2308
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1706
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1681
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1736

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$908
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1230
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1237
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$873
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1201
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$930
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1770
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1849
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$453
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$477
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$503
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1627
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$530
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$730
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$553
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$529
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$483
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$530
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$549
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$463
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$889
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2514
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1419
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2521
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$571
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$459
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$967
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517