Dammam vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1758
🏠 One person rent	$475	$387
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$633
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$204
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$35.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$245
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	40	76
😀 Quality of life	74	55
🏙️ Population	903K	1.59M

The cost of living in Dammam is 43% more expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 5127th and 6734th ($1056 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 5th in Saudi Arabia and Iran, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.3 months in Karaj. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 1259th and 5911th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Karaj

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	Dammam	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$293
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$392
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$882
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$547
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$8.55
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$13.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$5.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	21.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$1254
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$628
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$13
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$2.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$3.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$3.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$0.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$2.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$16.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$20
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$116
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$8.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$97.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$823

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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 Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$688
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$684
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$698
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$693
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$698
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$645
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$788
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$714
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$710
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$681
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$680
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$665
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$651
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$618
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$574
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$488
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$557
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$458
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$552
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$534
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$658
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$562
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$580
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$455
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$466
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$443
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$469
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$505
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$685
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$554