Dammam vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dammam	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1059	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2518	$1114
🏠 One person rent	$514	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$842	$298
🍽️ Food expenses	$313	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1923	$146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	40	33
😀 Quality of life	75	26
🏙️ Population	903K	5.33M

The cost of living in Dammam is 110% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 5152nd and 8650th ($1059 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Dammam compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 1491st and 8929th 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	$7.52	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$8.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.72	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.86	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$83.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$874	$223
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$49.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.83%	12.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1087	$664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$803	$346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$14.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$6.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.47	$5.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.84	$2.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.77	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.19	$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.89	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.7	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$2.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.81	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$17.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$45.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$420	$20.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7969	$1302

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$965
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1218
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1340
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$778
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1062
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$917
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$2015
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$2100
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$454
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$457
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$471
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1628
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$494
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$703
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$505
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$497
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$469
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$485
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$522
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$459
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$861
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2470
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1543
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2356
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$548
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$452
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$938
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$487

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469