Columbus vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Columbus	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2145	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5059	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$1248	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$2171	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$632	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4018	$2468
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	73	40
😀 Quality of life	88	74
🏙️ Population	906K	903K

The cost of living in Columbus is 103% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 1476th and 5127th ($2145 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1323rd and 6th in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check the United States vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Columbus compared to 2.3 months in Dammam. Columbus ranked 59th best city to live in the United States vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 249th and 1259th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Columbus vs Dammam

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	Columbus	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.7	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.69	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1314	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$972	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2378	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$149	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$232	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.9	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.57%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3095	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2954	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.01	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.8	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.4	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.86	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.74	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.4	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.29	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.69	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.95	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.12	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.04	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.28	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.6	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.45	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.35	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.2	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.7	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.5	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.4	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1236	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15423	$8339

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Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2084
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2062
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1986
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2085
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1994
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2095
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1798
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1983
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$1851
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1903
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1968
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1881
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1897
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1764
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1871
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1825
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1870
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1798
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1862
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1852
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1832
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1865
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1890
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1897
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1674
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1902
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1783
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1973
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1914
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1870
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1681
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1834
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1427
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$1923
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1481
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1853
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1839
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1428
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1858

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