Dammam vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$475	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$571
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	40	71
😀 Quality of life	74	64
🏙️ Population	903K	2.95M

The cost of living in Dammam is 24% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 5127th and 6262nd ($1056 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Ukraine, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 1259th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Kyiv

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	Dammam	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$7184

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570