Dammam vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2226
🏠 One person rent	$475	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$830
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$79
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1294
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	40	97
😀 Quality of life	74	75
🏙️ Population	903K	18.7M

The cost of living in Dammam is 36% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 5127th and 6548th ($1056 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 31st in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.7 months in Guangzhou. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 1259th and 1055th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Guangzhou

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	Dammam	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$3.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$22.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.95
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$263
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1183
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$655
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$37.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$58
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$10125
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$4029
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.56
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$4.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.97
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$20.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$5.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$6.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$9.58
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$70
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$14511

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$611
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$656
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$804
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$794
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$461
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$653
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$812
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$916
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1588
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$601
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$823
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2432
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$764
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$877
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$803
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$755
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$936
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$758
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$761
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$756
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$724
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$569
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$655
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$443
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$771
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$761
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$451
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$581
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$702
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$522
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$609
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$579
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$590
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$649
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$650