Dammam vs Dodoma - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Dodoma
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$502
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1420
🏠 One person rent	$475	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$368
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$241
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	40	19
😀 Quality of life	74	24
🏙️ Population	903K	214K

The cost of living in Dammam is 110% more expensive than in Dodoma. Cities ranked 5127th and 8632nd ($1056 vs $502) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 8th in Saudi Arabia and Tanzania, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Tanzania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.5 months in Dodoma. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Dodoma ranked 7th in Tanzania, while ranked 1259th and 8698th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Dodoma

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	Dammam	Dodoma
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$5.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$15.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$7.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$86.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$258
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$43.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$66.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$19.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	15.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$3085
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$8420
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$12.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$5.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$6.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.83
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.93
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$4.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$1.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$6.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$58.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$3.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$18.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$3.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$16.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$45.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$8092

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Dodoma

Distance	City	Cost of living
221 km or 137 mi	Morogoro	$486
337 km or 209 mi	Arusha	$638
369 km or 229 mi	Moshi	$561
381 km or 237 mi	Stone Town	$523
381 km or 237 mi	Zanzibar	$552
389 km or 242 mi	Mbeya	$461
393 km or 244 mi	Tanga	$545
395 km or 246 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
498 km or 309 mi	Mombasa	$580
522 km or 324 mi	Mwanza	$625
553 km or 343 mi	Machakos	$408
564 km or 351 mi	Nairobi	$760
590 km or 366 mi	Malindi	$498
597 km or 371 mi	Thika	$589
608 km or 378 mi	Mzuzu	$525
664 km or 413 mi	Nakuru	$500
669 km or 415 mi	Kasama	$748
671 km or 417 mi	Mzimba	$566
683 km or 425 mi	Ruyigi	$648
687 km or 427 mi	Rutana	$648
693 km or 430 mi	Kisumu	$522
700 km or 435 mi	Makamba	$647
709 km or 441 mi	Muyinga	$650
717 km or 446 mi	Gitega	$651
726 km or 451 mi	Kalemie	$747
732 km or 455 mi	Meru	$541
745 km or 463 mi	Mumias	$490
754 km or 469 mi	Eldoret	$483
756 km or 470 mi	Ngozi	$648
776 km or 482 mi	Bujumbura	$719
779 km or 484 mi	Butare	$413
787 km or 489 mi	Bubanza	$648
790 km or 491 mi	Entebbe	$558
791 km or 492 mi	Kigali	$771
791 km or 492 mi	Tororo	$602
794 km or 493 mi	Nyanza	$518
794 km or 493 mi	Jinja	$562
798 km or 496 mi	Uvira	$803
810 km or 503 mi	Kampala	$698
816 km or 507 mi	Kira Town	$646