Dammam vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$590
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$475	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$311
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$215
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$82.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$729
😷 Air quality	Bad	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	40	44
😀 Quality of life	74	43
🏙️ Population	903K	6.65M

The cost of living in Dammam is 79% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 5127th and 7767th ($1056 vs $590) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 276th 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 1.2 months in Hengyang. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Hengyang ranked 140th in China, while ranked 1259th and 6669th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Hengyang

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	Dammam	Hengyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$2.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.19
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$243
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$517
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$199
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$23
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$34.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$13.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$3292
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$3135
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$3.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.59
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$2.58
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$3.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$5.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$0.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$24.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$5.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$83.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$67.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$8454

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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 Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$579
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$609
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$582
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$592
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$563
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$553
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$724
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$577
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$577
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$570
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$586
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$590
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$755
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$600
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$480
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$761
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$579
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$596
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$522
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$758
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$569
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$533
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$549
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$539
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$589
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$591
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$573
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$794
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$635
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$556
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$506
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$591
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$585
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600