Dammam vs Indianapolis - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Indianapolis
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$2189
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$5318
🏠 One person rent	$475	$1304
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$2170
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$4608
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	40	71
😀 Quality of life	74	89
🏙️ Population	903K	888K

The cost of living in Dammam is 52% less expensive than in Indianapolis. Cities ranked 5127th and 1378th ($1056 vs $2189) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1239th in Saudi Arabia and the United States, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 2.1 months in Indianapolis. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Indianapolis ranked 44th in the United States, while ranked 1259th and 191st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Dammam	Indianapolis
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$25.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$9.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$4.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$1026
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$2421
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$1776
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$194
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$70.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$1949
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$1579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$59.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$4.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$3.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$9.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$4.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.28
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$5.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$8.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$4.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$4.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$38
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$110
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$18.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$49.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$88.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$1868
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$27149

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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 Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2023
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$2010
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1953
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$1981
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$1974
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$2001
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1880
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1944
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1806
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1875
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2147
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1736
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1613
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2007
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1870
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$2004
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1872
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1561
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1839
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1875
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1895
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1914
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1427
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1940
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1870
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2490
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1853
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1863
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2145
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1783
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1914
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1897
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1939
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1834
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1890