Dammam vs Edinburgh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Edinburgh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$2140
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$5387
🏠 One person rent	$475	$1269
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$2336
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$530
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$3522
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	40	88
😀 Quality of life	74	94
🏙️ Population	903K	488K

The cost of living in Dammam is 51% less expensive than in Edinburgh. Cities ranked 5127th and 1491st ($1056 vs $2140) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 36th in Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.6 months in Edinburgh. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Edinburgh ranked 3rd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 1259th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Edinburgh

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	Dammam	Edinburgh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$9.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$7.09
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$4.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$970
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$2573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$1865
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$291
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	5.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$6219
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$4199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$27.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$4.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$9.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$3.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$3.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$18.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$6.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$3.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$50.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$106
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$21.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$1772
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$21911

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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 Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692