Crete vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Crete	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1150	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2795	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$530	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$978	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$414	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$103	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$997	$2468
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	26 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	32	40
😀 Quality of life	56	74
🏙️ Population	623K	903K

The cost of living in Crete is 9% more expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 4640th and 5127th ($1150 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 6th in Greece and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Greece vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Crete compared to 2.3 months in Dammam. Crete ranked 28th best city to live in Greece vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5717th and 1259th 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	$12.8	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.7	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.64	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.04	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.86	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$873	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$743	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$176	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.6	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.44%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3570	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2751	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.45	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.7	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.95	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.68	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.59	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.11	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.6	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.86	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.09	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.82	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.18	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.99	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48.4	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.32	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$34.7	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$85.6	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.5	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$386	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4629	$8339

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Cities near Crete

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Heraklion	$1093
39 km or 24 mi	Rethymno	$1052
83 km or 51 mi	Chania	$1131
132 km or 82 mi	Santorini	$1659
241 km or 150 mi	Mykonos	$1838
298 km or 185 mi	Bodrum	$1038
300 km or 187 mi	Voula	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Glyfada	$1437
306 km or 190 mi	Argyroupoli	$1284
310 km or 193 mi	Palaio Faliro	$1258
311 km or 193 mi	Nea Smyrni	$1150
312 km or 194 mi	Kallithea	$1159
313 km or 195 mi	Piraeus	$1045
314 km or 195 mi	Kalamata	$1033
315 km or 196 mi	Athens	$1272
316 km or 196 mi	Nikaia	$1054
317 km or 197 mi	Salamina	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Ionia	$1142
320 km or 199 mi	Peristeri	$1082
320 km or 199 mi	Nea Filadelfeia	$1131
323 km or 201 mi	Kifissia	$1265
324 km or 202 mi	Rhodes	$1070
327 km or 203 mi	Eleusis	$1022
328 km or 204 mi	Aspropyrgos	$957
332 km or 207 mi	Tripoli	$990
340 km or 211 mi	Corinth	$955
349 km or 217 mi	Marmaris	$1049
351 km or 218 mi	Derna	$380
353 km or 220 mi	Kusadasi	$764
358 km or 223 mi	Chios	$1099
369 km or 229 mi	Chalcis	$980
369 km or 229 mi	Tobruk	$381
377 km or 234 mi	Mugla	$773
386 km or 240 mi	Aydin	$655
399 km or 248 mi	Izmir	$909
399 km or 248 mi	Tire	$681
407 km or 253 mi	Fethiye	$843
421 km or 262 mi	Nazilli	$643
431 km or 268 mi	Patras	$1011
432 km or 269 mi	Manisa	$638

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