Dammam vs Gaborone - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Gaborone
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$691
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1793
🏠 One person rent	$475	$268
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$66
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$373
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	40	39
😀 Quality of life	74	56
🏙️ Population	903K	236K

The cost of living in Dammam is 53% more expensive than in Gaborone. Cities ranked 5127th and 6941st ($1056 vs $691) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Botswana, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Botswana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.5 months in Gaborone. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Gaborone ranked 1st in Botswana, while ranked 1259th and 5825th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Gaborone

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	Dammam	Gaborone
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$7.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$29.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$133
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$64.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$75.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	9.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$1028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$25.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.79
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$2.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$7.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$4.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$5.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.64
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$5.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$0.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$34
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$6.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$19
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$4.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$171
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$4190

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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 Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$628
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$665
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$664
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$780
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$889
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$631
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$820
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$906
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$837
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$540
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$807
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$923
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$583
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$953
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$993
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$785
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$672
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$678
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$768
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$748
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$795
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$784
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$624
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$814
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$621
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$562
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$766
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$442
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$567
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$763
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$699
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$964
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1068
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$597