Cairo vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cairo	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$417	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1080	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$154	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$315	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$166	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$38	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$165	$2468
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	83	40
😀 Quality of life	58	74
🏙️ Population	9.61M	903K

The cost of living in Cairo is 61% less expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 8923rd and 5127th ($417 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Egypt vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Cairo compared to 2.3 months in Dammam. Cairo ranked 1st best city to live in Egypt vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5545th and 1259th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cairo vs Dammam

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	Cairo	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.9	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.6	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.73	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.5	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.34	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$185	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$386	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$253	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.8	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.1	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.49%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$690	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$453	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.68	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.17	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.29	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.51	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.48	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.58	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.39	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.48	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.13	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.33	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.13	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.84	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.31	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.87	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17.3	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.97	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$11	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.86	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$37	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$90.2	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1985	$8339

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Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811

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