Brisbane vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$2479
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$494
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$812
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$1994
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	66	40
😀 Quality of life	98	76
🏙️ Population	2.71M	903K

The cost of living in Brisbane is 119% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 1349th and 5399th ($2269 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 6th 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 1.9 months in Dammam. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 3rd and 1421st 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	$15.5	$6.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$6.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$763
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$79.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	5.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$36
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$8.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$2.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$3.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$3.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$81.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$58.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$420
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$7883

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$931
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1192
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1309
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$823
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1109
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$928
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$2014
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$465
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$489
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$523
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1632
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$545
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$707
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$565
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$541
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$492
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$547
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$556
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$487
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$861
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2420
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1473
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2183
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$571
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$476
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$931
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529