Bucharest vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Bucharest	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$988	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2566	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$474	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$877	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$339	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.6	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1247	$2468
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	77	40
😀 Quality of life	79	74
🏙️ Population	1.72M	903K

The cost of living in Bucharest is 6% less expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 5565th and 5127th ($988 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 6th in Romania and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Romania vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Bucharest compared to 2.3 months in Dammam. Bucharest ranked 1st best city to live in Romania vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 645th and 1259th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bucharest vs Dammam

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	Bucharest	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.5	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$44.7	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.25	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.01	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.09	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$999	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$658	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$90.8	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$141	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$9.28	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.1%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3094	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1793	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.63	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17.3	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.57	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.52	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.98	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.05	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.55	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.56	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.01	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.28	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.12	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.84	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.38	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.93	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.61	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.03	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.92	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$51.8	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.9	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$569	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11573	$8339

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Bucharest

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Voluntari	$867
56 km or 35 mi	Giurgiu	$847
60 km or 37 mi	Ploiesti	$796
62 km or 39 mi	Ruse	$633
77 km or 48 mi	Targoviste	$704
77 km or 48 mi	Alexandria	$629
102 km or 63 mi	Buzau	$729
102 km or 63 mi	Calarasi	$696
103 km or 64 mi	Slobozia	$722
108 km or 67 mi	Pitesti	$743
137 km or 85 mi	Slatina	$623
143 km or 89 mi	Shumen	$622
144 km or 90 mi	Brasov	$938
151 km or 94 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
156 km or 97 mi	Ramnicu Valcea	$770
161 km or 100 mi	Pleven	$594
164 km or 102 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
168 km or 104 mi	Dobrich	$702
168 km or 105 mi	Focsani	$752
177 km or 110 mi	Braila	$741
180 km or 112 mi	Craiova	$848
181 km or 112 mi	Gabrovo	$598
192 km or 119 mi	Galati	$786
192 km or 119 mi	Sliven	$631
198 km or 123 mi	Varna	$892
203 km or 126 mi	Mamaia	$929
205 km or 127 mi	Constanta	$1002
216 km or 134 mi	Yambol	$546
217 km or 135 mi	Sibiu	$698
223 km or 138 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
232 km or 144 mi	Tulcea	$837
233 km or 145 mi	Targu Jiu	$718
236 km or 146 mi	Cahul	$812
237 km or 147 mi	Barlad	$725
238 km or 148 mi	Medias	$574
239 km or 148 mi	Burgas	$721
243 km or 151 mi	Vratsa	$687
251 km or 156 mi	Bacau	$650
260 km or 161 mi	Vidin	$605
267 km or 166 mi	Targu Mures	$758

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