Dammam vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$475	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$218
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	40	30
😀 Quality of life	74	14
🏙️ Population	903K	4.27M

The cost of living in Dammam is 123% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 5127th and 8769th ($1056 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 3rd in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.5 months in Kabul. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 1259th and 9071st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Kabul

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	Dammam	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$1356

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476