Brussels vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$2468
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	96	40
😀 Quality of life	89	74
🏙️ Population	196K	903K

The cost of living in Brussels is 72% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 2354th and 5127th ($1816 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Belgium and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Belgium vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 2.3 months in Dammam. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 190th and 1259th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Dammam

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	Brussels	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$8339

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

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