Dammam vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$622
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$458	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$312
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$216
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$704
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	40	43
😀 Quality of life	78	49
🏙️ Population	903K	6.65M

The cost of living in Dammam is 62% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 5502nd and 7637th ($1008 vs $622) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 136th in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 1.1 months in Hengyang. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Hengyang ranked 143rd in China, while ranked 1077th and 6726th 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	$6.42	$2.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$16.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$4.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$280
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$203
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$23.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$36.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$2989
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$2356
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$3.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$2.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$25.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$5.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$85.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$63.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$317
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$7438

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$908
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1230
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1237
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$873
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1201
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$930
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1770
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1849
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$453
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$477
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$503
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1627
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$530
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$730
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$553
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$529
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$483
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$530
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$549
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$463
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$889
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2514
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1419
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2521
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$571
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$459
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$967
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517

Cities near Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$584
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$634
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$527
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$603
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$584
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$564
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$750
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$612
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$592
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$569
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$618
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$765
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$660
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$487
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$897
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$571
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$595
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$546
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$766
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$572
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$511
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$547
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$537
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$587
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$590
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$568
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$777
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$625
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$548
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$526
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$596
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$589
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599