Dammam vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$662
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$1882
🏠 One person rent	$458	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$752
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	40	69
😀 Quality of life	78	72
🏙️ Population	903K	10.5M

The cost of living in Dammam is 52% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 5502nd and 7341st ($1008 vs $662) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 78th in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 1.1 months in Dongguan. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Dongguan ranked 20th in China, while ranked 1077th and 3389th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Dongguan

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	Dammam	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$2.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$2.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$568
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$39.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$62.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$12.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$6823
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$3488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$4.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$3.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$4.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$6.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$49.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$7.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$30
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$61.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$21416

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$908
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1230
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1237
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$873
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1201
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$930
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1770
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1849
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$453
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$477
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$503
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1627
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$530
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$730
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$553
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$529
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$483
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$530
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$549
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$463
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$889
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2514
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1419
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2521
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$571
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$459
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$967
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517

Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$758
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$878
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$589
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$608
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$518
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$829
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$662
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2414
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1746
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$777
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$766
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$827
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$816
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$892
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$765
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$579
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$809
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$766
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$451
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$669
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$454
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$750
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$780
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$773
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$897
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$697
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$693
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$546
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$634
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$622
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$574
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598