Dammam vs Dublin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Dublin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$2627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$5796
🏠 One person rent	$475	$1748
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$3037
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$168
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$3727
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	40	95
😀 Quality of life	74	96
🏙️ Population	903K	593K

The cost of living in Dammam is 60% less expensive than in Dublin. Cities ranked 5127th and 605th ($1056 vs $2627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Ireland, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Ireland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.4 months in Dublin. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Dublin ranked 1st in Ireland, while ranked 1259th and 17th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Dublin

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	Dammam	Dublin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$82
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$7.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$1479
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$3211
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$2644
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$151
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$45.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	4.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$6999
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$5541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$2.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$108
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$20.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$4.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$3.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$17.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$6.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$54.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$69.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$95
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$99
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$1213
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$8881

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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 Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2186
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2216
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2628
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1767
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$1785
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1662
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1713
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2134
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1755
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$1968
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1382
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1562
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$1969
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2297
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1615
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1390
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1563
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1682
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1681
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1710
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1774
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1706
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1675
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1482
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2275
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1556
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1640
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$1897
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1686
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1497
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1753
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1762
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1714
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1456
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1629
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1574