Dammam vs Gothenburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Gothenburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1623
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$3695
🏠 One person rent	$475	$808
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$1406
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$516
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$3142
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	40	46
😀 Quality of life	74	92
🏙️ Population	903K	675K

The cost of living in Dammam is 35% less expensive than in Gothenburg. Cities ranked 5127th and 2959th ($1056 vs $1623) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 6th in Saudi Arabia and Sweden, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.9 months in Gothenburg. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Gothenburg ranked 2nd in Sweden, while ranked 1259th and 78th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Gothenburg

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	Dammam	Gothenburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$9.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$6.53
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$872
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$665
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1561
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$1193
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$67.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$34.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	4.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$5838
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$3896
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$3.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$78.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$4.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$11.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$16.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$7.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$5.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$37.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$15.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$25.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$80.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$3664

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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 Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1498
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1367
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1284
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1167
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1334
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1235
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1394
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1208
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1473
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1676
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1333
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1373
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1575
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1310
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$1977
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1500
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1800
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1733
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1864
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$1983
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$1828
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$1952
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1714
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1140
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1508
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1623
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1279
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1707
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1528
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1631
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2134
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1651
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1251