Dammam vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$458
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$1016
🏠 One person rent	$458	$195
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$267
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$153
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$76.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$104
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	40	30
😀 Quality of life	78	33
🏙️ Population	903K	4.27M

The cost of living in Dammam is 120% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 5502nd and 8842nd ($1008 vs $458) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th 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 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 0.2 months in Kabul. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 1077th and 8609th 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	$6.42	$2.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$2.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$1.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$93.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$62.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$111
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$48.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$95.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	12.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$505
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$260
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$7.78
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$4.11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$3.55
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$6.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$1.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$3.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$10.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$2.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$15.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$3.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$34.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$19.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$1486

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$401
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$354
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$396
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$393
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$334
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$364
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$428
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$354
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$351
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$344
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$443
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$432
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$376
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$712
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$277
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$436
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$294
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$372
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$265
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$351
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$363
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$333
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$320
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$340
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$291
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$403
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$303
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$302
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$362
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$311
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$316
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$439