Dammam vs Hangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Hangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$805
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2398
🏠 One person rent	$475	$369
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$253
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$84.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1212
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	40	91
😀 Quality of life	74	72
🏙️ Population	903K	11.9M

The cost of living in Dammam is 31% more expensive than in Hangzhou. Cities ranked 5127th and 6419th ($1056 vs $805) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 23rd 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 1.5 months in Hangzhou. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Hangzhou ranked 10th in China, while ranked 1259th and 1916th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Hangzhou

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	Dammam	Hangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$3.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$23.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.94
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$465
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$985
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$603
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$36.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$56.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$14.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$8089
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$4179
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$5.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$17.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$3.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$3.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$6.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$70.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$4.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$51.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$69.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$441
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$31296

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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 Hangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Shaoxing	$716
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
79 km or 49 mi	Jiaxing	$573
102 km or 63 mi	Guangde	$650
105 km or 65 mi	Yiwu	$677
121 km or 75 mi	Ningguo	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Suzhou	$868
129 km or 80 mi	Yixing	$695
137 km or 85 mi	Jinhua	$587
139 km or 87 mi	Ningbo	$708
146 km or 90 mi	Liyang	$654
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxi	$670
148 km or 92 mi	Kunshan	$700
156 km or 97 mi	Xuancheng	$672
161 km or 100 mi	Shanghai	$1097
161 km or 100 mi	Taicang	$665
165 km or 102 mi	Changshu	$645
170 km or 106 mi	Pudong	$984
175 km or 109 mi	Changzhou	$702
182 km or 113 mi	Linhai	$661
185 km or 115 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
185 km or 115 mi	Jiangyin	$657
188 km or 117 mi	Zhoushan	$590
188 km or 117 mi	Huangshan	$642
191 km or 118 mi	Quzhou	$616
195 km or 121 mi	Jingjiang	$643
202 km or 125 mi	Lishui	$682
202 km or 126 mi	Danyang	$607
205 km or 127 mi	Nantong	$602
206 km or 128 mi	Haimen	$631
210 km or 131 mi	Wuhu	$691
213 km or 132 mi	Jurong	$621
214 km or 133 mi	Taixing	$636
224 km or 139 mi	Yangzhong	$603
224 km or 139 mi	Qidong	$701
228 km or 142 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
237 km or 147 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
238 km or 148 mi	Wenling	$671
240 km or 149 mi	Rugao	$644
240 km or 149 mi	Nanjing	$746