Dammam vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dammam	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1037	$1652
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2479	$3912
🏠 One person rent	$494	$798
🏘️ Family rent	$812	$1342
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$565
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1994	$3076
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	40	72
😀 Quality of life	76	92
🏙️ Population	903K	620K

The cost of living in Dammam is 37% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 5399th and 3436th ($1037 vs $1652) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 299th in Saudi Arabia and Germany, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Dammam compared to 1.9 months in Leipzig. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Leipzig ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 1421st and 112th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Leipzig

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	Dammam	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.6	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$71.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.68	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.95	$4.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$3.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$722
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$335	$535
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$1325
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$942
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.1	$178
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$275
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$48.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.02%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$940	$5097
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$832	$2610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$4.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$69.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$20.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$3.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$22.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$5.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.46	$7.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.85	$2.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.34	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81.5	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$15.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.81	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$98.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.9	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$420	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7883	$12468

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$931
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1192
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1309
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$823
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1109
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$928
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$2014
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$465
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$489
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$523
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1632
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$545
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$707
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$565
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$541
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$492
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$547
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$556
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$487
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$861
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2420
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1473
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2183
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$571
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$476
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$931
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529

Cities near Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1553
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1510
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1435
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1457
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1446
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1404
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1432
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1451
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1401
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1453
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1488
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1467
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1179
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1454
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1489
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1334
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1460
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1460
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1462
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1276
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1464
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1146
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1396
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1330
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1490
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1355
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1466
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1460
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1475
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1325
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1305
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1475
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1437
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1473
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1481
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1476
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479