Chengdu vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chengdu	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$623	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1664	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$240	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$430	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$229	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$83.8	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$863	$2468
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	94	40
😀 Quality of life	72	74
🏙️ Population	20.9M	903K

The cost of living in Chengdu is 41% less expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 7421st and 5127th ($623 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 164th and 6th in China and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check China vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Chengdu compared to 2.3 months in Dammam. Chengdu ranked 9th best city to live in China vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 1890th and 1259th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chengdu vs Dammam

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	Chengdu	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.78	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.74	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.32	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$170	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$595	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$31.5	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.7	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.1	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.34%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3812	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2020	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.51	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.14	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.4	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.83	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.4	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.72	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.21	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.97	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.18	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.03	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.9	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.39	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.4	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.02	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.1	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.41	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.7	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$72.9	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$305	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11550	$8339

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Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$581
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$572
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$554
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$540
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$580
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$570
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$549
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$572
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$529
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$592
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$527
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$554
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$573
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$546
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$540
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$532
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$593
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$526
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$530
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$590
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$613
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$599
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$553
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$634
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$610
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$591
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$608
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$580
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$601
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$696
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$540
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$584
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$554
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$574

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