Dammam vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$458	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$132
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	40	63
😀 Quality of life	78	54
🏙️ Population	903K	14.9M

The cost of living in Dammam is 135% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 5502nd and 8915th ($1008 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 1077th and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Karachi

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	Dammam	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$1491

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558