Copenhagen vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Copenhagen	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2333	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5412	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$1326	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$2372	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$629	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$192	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4139	$2468
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	93	40
😀 Quality of life	97	74
🏙️ Population	644K	903K

The cost of living in Copenhagen is 121% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 1085th and 5127th ($2333 vs $1056) 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 1.8 months in Copenhagen compared to 2.3 months in Dammam. Copenhagen ranked 1st best city to live in Denmark vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 10th and 1259th 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	$18.8	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$102	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.6	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$6.08	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.68	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1534	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1083	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2847	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1988	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$174	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.22%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5513	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.39	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$100	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.2	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.02	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.94	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.3	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.67	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.31	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.93	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.65	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.66	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.04	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.98	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$18.3	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.8	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$38.6	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$115	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$530	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$14686	$8339

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Cities near Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2134
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1952
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1140
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1585
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1722
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1983
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1474
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1447
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1426
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1310
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1208
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1816
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1607
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1333
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1828
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1401
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1284
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1585
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1506
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1336
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1396
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1424
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1637
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1416
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1315
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1680
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1280
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1442
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1307
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1347
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1508
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1452

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