Dammam vs Hanover - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Hanover
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1726
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$4209
🏠 One person rent	$475	$892
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$1501
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$2695
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	40	82
😀 Quality of life	74	91
🏙️ Population	903K	548K

The cost of living in Dammam is 39% less expensive than in Hanover. Cities ranked 5127th and 2608th ($1056 vs $1726) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 35th in Saudi Arabia and Germany, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.6 months in Hanover. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Hanover ranked 16th in Germany, while ranked 1259th and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Hanover

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	Dammam	Hanover
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$15.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$73.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$3.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$2.9
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$815
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$616
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1546
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$1063
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$188
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$293
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$48.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$4316
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$2823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$3.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$52.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$30
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$16.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.79
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$5.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.95
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$8.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$2.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$101
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$89.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$406
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$26877

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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 Hanover

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Langenhagen	$1599
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Ronnenberg	$1595
9 km or 5.6 mi	Laatzen	$1585
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Seelze	$1590
11 km or 6.7 mi	Garbsen	$1587
16 km or 9.6 mi	Burgwedel	$1552
16 km or 10 mi	Lehrte	$1551
17 km or 10 mi	Sehnde	$1544
20 km or 13 mi	Burgdorf	$1532
20 km or 13 mi	Barsinghausen	$1564
21 km or 13 mi	Wunstorf	$1558
22 km or 14 mi	Springe	$1559
24 km or 15 mi	Neustadt am Rubenberge	$1552
29 km or 18 mi	Hildesheim	$1560
34 km or 21 mi	Peine	$1466
36 km or 23 mi	Celle	$1458
37 km or 23 mi	Stadthagen	$1530
40 km or 25 mi	Hamelin	$1549
47 km or 29 mi	Nienburg	$1498
49 km or 30 mi	Salzgitter	$1460
49 km or 31 mi	Rinteln	$1512
52 km or 33 mi	Petershagen	$1407
54 km or 34 mi	Braunschweig	$1371
56 km or 35 mi	Walsrode	$1482
56 km or 35 mi	Gifhorn	$1411
57 km or 35 mi	Minden	$1371
58 km or 36 mi	Porta Westfalica	$1401
59 km or 37 mi	Wolfenbuttel	$1417
63 km or 39 mi	Einbeck	$1517
64 km or 40 mi	Holzminden	$1515
67 km or 41 mi	Bad Oeynhausen	$1418
68 km or 42 mi	Soltau	$1469
69 km or 43 mi	Lemgo	$1431
70 km or 43 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
70 km or 44 mi	Goslar	$1558
71 km or 44 mi	Wolfsburg	$1352
72 km or 45 mi	Hoxter	$1442
73 km or 46 mi	Lohne	$1423
74 km or 46 mi	Bad Salzuflen	$1420
75 km or 47 mi	Espelkamp	$1421