Dammam vs Gaziantep - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Gaziantep
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$577
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$475	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$365
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$58.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$565
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	40	30
😀 Quality of life	74	40
🏙️ Population	903K	1.68M

The cost of living in Dammam is 83% more expensive than in Gaziantep. Cities ranked 5127th and 7931st ($1056 vs $577) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 97th in Saudi Arabia and Turkey, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1 months in Gaziantep. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Gaziantep ranked 56th in Turkey, while ranked 1259th and 6919th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Gaziantep

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	Dammam	Gaziantep
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$4.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$1.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$400
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$18.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$28.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	27.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$1299
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$411
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$16.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$5.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$8.63
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$5.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$3.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$1.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$0.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$3.28
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$21.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$57.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$272
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$12119

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Gaziantep

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Nizip	$581
46 km or 28 mi	Kilis	$570
67 km or 42 mi	Islahiye	$523
70 km or 43 mi	Kahramanmaras	$557
81 km or 51 mi	Hassa	$537
99 km or 61 mi	Aleppo	$509
101 km or 62 mi	Osmaniye	$403
111 km or 69 mi	Adiyaman	$644
115 km or 71 mi	Reyhanli	$582
119 km or 74 mi	Kadirli	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Urfa	$614
132 km or 82 mi	Iskenderun	$578
139 km or 87 mi	Ceyhan	$575
143 km or 89 mi	Idlib	$489
145 km or 90 mi	Akcakale	$587
145 km or 90 mi	Kozan	$585
146 km or 91 mi	Antakya	$598
166 km or 103 mi	Malatya	$544
166 km or 103 mi	Samandag	$597
183 km or 114 mi	Adana	$712
192 km or 119 mi	Raqqa	$462
212 km or 132 mi	Viransehir	$603
221 km or 137 mi	Tarsus	$688
222 km or 138 mi	Hama	$417
223 km or 139 mi	Latakia	$386
238 km or 148 mi	Ceylanpinar	$597
240 km or 149 mi	Elazig	$492
240 km or 149 mi	Talas	$645
248 km or 154 mi	Mersin	$759
249 km or 155 mi	Kayseri	$672
258 km or 160 mi	Derik	$606
259 km or 161 mi	Nigde	$699
265 km or 164 mi	Bor	$664
266 km or 165 mi	Homs	$456
269 km or 167 mi	Diyarbakir	$659
278 km or 173 mi	Cinar	$621
292 km or 181 mi	Nevsehir	$698
298 km or 185 mi	Mardin	$600
299 km or 186 mi	Eregli	$618
300 km or 186 mi	Sivas	$948