Dammam vs Djibouti City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Djibouti City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$571
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1421
🏠 One person rent	$475	$245
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$452
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$48.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$424
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	40	8
😀 Quality of life	74	20
🏙️ Population	903K	604K

The cost of living in Dammam is 85% more expensive than in Djibouti City. Cities ranked 5127th and 8002nd ($1056 vs $571) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Djibouti, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Djibouti comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.7 months in Djibouti City. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Djibouti City ranked 1st in Djibouti, while ranked 1259th and 8841st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Djibouti City

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	Dammam	Djibouti City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$3.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$21.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$5.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$238
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$500
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$40.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$25
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	11.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$1448
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$18.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$7.21
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$7.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$4.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$2.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$4.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$19.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$33.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$66.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$138
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$4050

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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

Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$540
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$542
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$542
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$518
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$507
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$503
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$660
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$764
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$756
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$718
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$496
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$482
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$486
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$505
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$838
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$481
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$546
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$662
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1180
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$487
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$482
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$486
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$520
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$752
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$897
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$937
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$488
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$886
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$484
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$910
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$654
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$902
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$1006
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$943
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$905
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$706
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$836
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$711
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$1003