Dammam vs Glasgow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dammam	Glasgow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$989	$2013
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2504	$4848
🏠 One person rent	$419	$1146
🏘️ Family rent	$757	$2071
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$540
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2391	$3562
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	39	94
😀 Quality of life	73	96
🏙️ Population	903K	626K

The cost of living in Dammam is 51% less expensive than in Glasgow. Cities ranked 5777th and 1833rd ($989 vs $2013) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 97th 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 2.4 months in Dammam compared to 1.8 months in Glasgow. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Glasgow ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 1641st and 19th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Glasgow

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	Dammam	Glasgow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.51	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.2	$90.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$9.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$6.44
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$4.55
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$2.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$1254
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$882
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$2451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$1640
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.5	$41.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	5.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1159	$3909
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1119	$3280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.06	$3.79
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.2	$80.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$19.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.16	$3.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$3.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$2.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$47.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$17.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$85.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$94.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$417	$1167
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8345	$12979

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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 Glasgow

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	East Kilbride	$1818
11 km or 7.1 mi	Paisley	$1793
16 km or 10 mi	Hamilton	$1793
19 km or 12 mi	Cumbernauld	$1767
32 km or 20 mi	Kilmarnock	$1470
34 km or 21 mi	Greenock	$1599
35 km or 21 mi	Stirling	$1625
37 km or 23 mi	Irvine	$1573
40 km or 25 mi	Alloa	$1710
46 km or 29 mi	Livingston	$1744
50 km or 31 mi	Ayr	$1420
54 km or 34 mi	Dunfermline	$1724
66 km or 41 mi	Edinburgh	$2246
73 km or 45 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1704
78 km or 49 mi	Perth	$1647
97 km or 60 mi	Dumfries	$1390
104 km or 65 mi	Dundee	$1545
136 km or 85 mi	Carlisle	$1732
152 km or 94 mi	Whitehaven	$1828
161 km or 100 mi	Bangor	$1467
170 km or 106 mi	Newtownabbey	$1767
176 km or 110 mi	Belfast	$1830
181 km or 112 mi	Inverness	$1830
187 km or 116 mi	Lisburn	$1805
191 km or 119 mi	Douglas	$1989
193 km or 120 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1847
195 km or 121 mi	Aberdeen	$1701
196 km or 121 mi	Gateshead	$1800
200 km or 124 mi	Jarrow	$1734
201 km or 125 mi	Tynemouth	$1712
202 km or 126 mi	South Shields	$1706
203 km or 126 mi	Washington	$1688
207 km or 128 mi	Elgin	$1459
208 km or 129 mi	Durham	$1602
210 km or 131 mi	Sunderland	$1571
211 km or 131 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1640
218 km or 135 mi	Derry	$1491
219 km or 136 mi	Morecambe	$1783
222 km or 138 mi	Lancaster	$1763
227 km or 141 mi	Darlington	$1364