Budapest vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Budapest	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1109	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2730	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$553	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1229	$2468
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	92	40
😀 Quality of life	79	74
🏙️ Population	1.69M	903K

The cost of living in Budapest is 5% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 4777th and 5127th ($1109 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Hungary and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Hungary vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 2.3 months in Dammam. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 618th and 1259th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Dammam

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	Budapest	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.45	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4106	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2694	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.7	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.3	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$374	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11151	$8339

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$901
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$790
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$939
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$843
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$924
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$827
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$794
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$855
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$823
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$987
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$666
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$786
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$922
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$784
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1039
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1237
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$802
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$747
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1080
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1181
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$676
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$750
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1275
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$766
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$848
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1039

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