Dammam vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dammam	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$989	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2504	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$419	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$757	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2391	$3112
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	39	65
😀 Quality of life	73	89
🏙️ Population	903K	563K

The cost of living in Dammam is 32% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 5777th and 3857th ($989 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 506th in Saudi Arabia and Germany, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Dammam compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 1641st and 203rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Dresden

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	Dammam	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.51	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.2	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.5	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1159	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1119	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.06	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.2	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.16	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$417	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8345	$12328

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$870
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1226
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1267
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$878
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1218
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$928
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1719
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1810
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$548
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$541
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$537
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1586
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$561
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$713
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$558
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$556
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$507
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$546
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$557
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$489
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$879
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2309
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1503
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2084
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$588
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$490
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$940
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387