Dammam vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$647
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1916
🏠 One person rent	$475	$292
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$744
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$439
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	40	71
😀 Quality of life	74	62
🏙️ Population	903K	8.44M

The cost of living in Dammam is 63% more expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 5127th and 7236th ($1056 vs $647) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Vietnam, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.7 months in Hanoi. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 1259th and 4848th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Hanoi

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	Dammam	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$1.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.82
🥤 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	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$45.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$71.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	10.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$2965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$1710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$7.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$5.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$3.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$1.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$28.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$3.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$4.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$12394

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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 Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$554
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$592
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$591
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$582
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$569
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$549
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$571
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$642
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1161
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$702
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$598
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$571
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$575
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$771
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$650
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1163
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$763
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$611
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$543
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$579
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$761
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$756
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$604
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$393