Dammam vs Kharkiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Kharkiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$510
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$1309
🏠 One person rent	$458	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$340
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$43.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$434
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	40	61
😀 Quality of life	78	63
🏙️ Population	903K	1.42M

The cost of living in Dammam is 98% more expensive than in Kharkiv. Cities ranked 5502nd and 8604th ($1008 vs $510) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 22nd in Saudi Arabia and Ukraine, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 0.9 months in Kharkiv. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Kharkiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 1077th and 5547th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Kharkiv

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	Dammam	Kharkiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$19.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$4.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$1.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$358
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$223
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$55.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$85.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$5.43
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	18.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$1364
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$698
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$3.56
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$7.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$0.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$4.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$1.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$0.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$4.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$8.94
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$3.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$54.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$83.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$351
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$3156

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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 Kharkiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 45 mi	Belgorod	$718
128 km or 80 mi	Poltava	$479
143 km or 89 mi	Sumy	$496
172 km or 107 mi	Kramatorsk	$639
183 km or 114 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
184 km or 115 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
193 km or 120 mi	Kursk	$649
195 km or 121 mi	Dnipro	$790
200 km or 125 mi	Sievierodonetsk	$633
203 km or 126 mi	Kamianske	$656
227 km or 141 mi	Kremenchuk	$440
230 km or 143 mi	Horlivka	$650
249 km or 155 mi	Donetsk	$516
250 km or 156 mi	Makiivka	$534
253 km or 157 mi	Zaporizhia	$501
275 km or 171 mi	Luhansk	$732
280 km or 174 mi	Voronezh	$707
306 km or 190 mi	Cherkasy	$498
314 km or 195 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$503
330 km or 205 mi	Oryol	$660
332 km or 206 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$616
334 km or 207 mi	Mariupol	$539
358 km or 222 mi	Melitopol	$545
365 km or 227 mi	Taganrog	$665
373 km or 232 mi	Lipetsk	$570
384 km or 238 mi	Bryansk	$629
385 km or 239 mi	Chernihiv	$516
389 km or 242 mi	Shakhty	$652
400 km or 249 mi	Rostov-on-Don	$851
403 km or 250 mi	Novocherkassk	$718
409 km or 254 mi	Kyiv	$879
438 km or 272 mi	Bila Tserkva	$497
455 km or 283 mi	Gomel	$475
459 km or 285 mi	Mykolaiv	$516
460 km or 286 mi	Kherson	$420
471 km or 293 mi	Tambov	$672
477 km or 296 mi	Tula	$837
504 km or 313 mi	Kaluga	$582
514 km or 319 mi	Volgodonsk	$709
540 km or 336 mi	Zhytomyr	$586