Damascus vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Damascus	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$638	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1494	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$291	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$523	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$80.7	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.7	$2468
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	25	40
😀 Quality of life	34	74
🏙️ Population	2.69M	903K

The cost of living in Damascus is 40% less expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 7300th and 5127th ($638 vs $1056) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th 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 2.3 months in Dammam. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7688th and 1259th 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	$5.01	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.8	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.96	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.26	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$154	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$590	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$330	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$48.5	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$74.5	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.2	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.68%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1862	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16.9	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.9	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.43	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.76	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.37	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.52	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.03	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.87	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.48	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.59	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.2	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.03	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$3.81	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.82	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$21.8	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47.5	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$48.6	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1666	$8339

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$912
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1709
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1020
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$798
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1255
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1681
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$573
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1600
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1647
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$776
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$679
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1633
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1531
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1612
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1655
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1616
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1732
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1502
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1677
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1666
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1647
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1666
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1657
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1652
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$456
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1593
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$608
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1645
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1778
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1731
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1728
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$552
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$877
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1576
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$994
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1902

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