Dammam vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$2114
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$5127
🏠 One person rent	$475	$1224
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$2310
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$591
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$2561
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	40	78
😀 Quality of life	74	85
🏙️ Population	903K	936K

The cost of living in Dammam is 50% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 5127th and 1551st ($1056 vs $2114) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 7th in Saudi Arabia and Israel, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.2 months in Jerusalem. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Jerusalem ranked 4th in Israel, while ranked 1259th and 374th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Jerusalem

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	Dammam	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$22.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$84.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$8.98
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$4.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$2.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1380
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$980
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$2752
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$1903
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$136
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$209
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$27.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$13235
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$8778
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$1.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$66.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$10.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$3.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$10.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.99
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$9.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$89.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$92.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$878
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$17799

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$905
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$996
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$762
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$1891
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$813
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1556
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2123
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$1811
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$1930
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$1884
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$877
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2156
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$1834
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$761
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2145
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$1931
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$552
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$1902
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1680
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1686
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1511