Damascus vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Damascus	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$583	$1005
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1433	$2432
🏠 One person rent	$225	$432
🏘️ Family rent	$409	$645
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$117	$106
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$56.5	$2103
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	25	39
😀 Quality of life	36	71
🏙️ Population	2.5M	903K

The cost of living in Damascus is 42% less expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 7822nd and 5279th ($583 vs $1005) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Syria and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Syria vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 2.1 months in Dammam. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7665th and 2267th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Dammam

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	Damascus	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$6.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24	$48
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.52	$7.76
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$1.29	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.95	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$270	$307
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$126	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$642
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$293	$440
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.9	$64.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.2	$98.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$66.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.93%	4.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1756	$1145
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1228	$1121
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.08	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$17	$10.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.4	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.66	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.1	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.6	$2.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$8.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.17	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$1.52
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.55	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.14	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.47	$2.14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$8.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$4.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.3	$83.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.01	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.85	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.79	$4.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$30.6	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$50.3	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$94.1	$457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1634	$8580

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$882
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$982
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$770
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1195
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1622
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$633
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1427
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$625
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1617
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1622
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1570
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1689
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1447
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1660
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$528
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1467
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$602
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1567
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$679
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$849
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1593
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1850

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