Dammam vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$475	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$991
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	40	93
😀 Quality of life	74	66
🏙️ Population	903K	9.37M

The cost of living in Dammam is 69% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 5127th and 7405th ($1056 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 160th 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 1.6 months in Hefei. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 1259th and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Hefei

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	Dammam	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$8278

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665