Copenhagen vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Copenhagen	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2656	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6116	$2479
🏠 One person rent	$1515	$494
🏘️ Family rent	$2679	$812
🍽️ Food expenses	$728	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$209	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5006	$1994
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	94	40
😀 Quality of life	97	76
🏙️ Population	667K	903K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 156% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 650th and 5399th ($2656 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 6th in Denmark and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Denmark vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Copenhagen compared to 1.9 months in Dammam. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 4th and 1421st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Copenhagen vs Dammam

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	Copenhagen	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.8	$6.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$111	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$6.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$9.35	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$7.24	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.03	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1782	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1244	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3169	$763
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2270	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$79.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.1	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.76%	5.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10228	$940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6872	$832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.85	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$114	$36
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.9	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.25	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.83	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.76	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.4	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.1	$8.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.3	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.89	$1.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$2.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.07	$3.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.67	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.6	$81.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.6	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$71.4	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.4	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$122	$58.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$137	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$707	$420
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14799	$7883

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2698
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2429
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2273
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1412
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1907
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2192
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2364
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1701
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1695
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$2042
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1590
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1688
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1562
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2113
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1550
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1475
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1412
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1784
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1825
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1549
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2158
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1627
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1491
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1781
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1702
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1508
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1691
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1619
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1633
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1891
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1516
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1619
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1689
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1888
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1466
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1681
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1443
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1509
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1667
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1588

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$931
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1192
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1309
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$823
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1109
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$928
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$2014
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$465
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$489
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$523
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1632
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$545
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$707
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$565
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$541
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$492
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$547
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$556
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$487
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$861
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2420
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1473
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2183
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$571
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$476
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$931
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529