Crete vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Crete	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1144	$1005
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2828	$2432
🏠 One person rent	$446	$432
🏘️ Family rent	$854	$645
🍽️ Food expenses	$496	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1491	$2103
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	33	39
😀 Quality of life	60	71
🏙️ Population	623K	903K

The cost of living in Crete is 14% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 4581st and 5279th ($1144 vs $1005) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 17th and 7th in Greece and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Greece vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Crete compared to 2.1 months in Dammam. Crete ranked 17th best city to live in Greece vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5333rd and 2267th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Crete vs Dammam

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	Crete	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$29	$6.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$48
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$7.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.53	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$3.89	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.31	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$860	$642
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$440
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84.2	$64.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$98.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.9	$66.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.26%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3523	$1145
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2157	$1121
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.29	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.5	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.6	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.13	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.86	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$8.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.07	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.43	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.26	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.84	$2.14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.79	$8.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.14	$4.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.32	$3.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$2.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.9	$83.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.62	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.7	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$11	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.2	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$64.7	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4341	$8580

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1075
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1015
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1169
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1738
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1974
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$844
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1359
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1475
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1338
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1334
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1239
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1235
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1097
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1058
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1287
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1137
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$1047
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1250
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1172
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1237
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1467
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1061
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1134
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$1125
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$1038
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$1129
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$785
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$403
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$647
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1186
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$1086
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$402
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$774
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$541
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$825
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$576
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$829
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$544
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1037
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$647

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$959
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1327
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1375
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$868
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1285
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$910
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1810
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1872
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$646
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$621
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$606
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1642
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$798
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$710
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$606
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$890
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$541
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$604
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$543
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$561
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$875
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2229
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1612
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$1841
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$559
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$522
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$1013
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$543