Dammam vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$339
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$828
🏠 One person rent	$458	$113
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$190
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$141
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$47.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$352
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	40	63
😀 Quality of life	78	57
🏙️ Population	903K	3.38M

The cost of living in Dammam is 197% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 5502nd and 9112th ($1008 vs $339) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 85th in Saudi Arabia and India, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 1 months in Lucknow. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Lucknow ranked 29th in India, while ranked 1077th and 6127th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Lucknow

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	Dammam	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$11.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$3.39
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$70.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$219
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$126
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$25.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$38.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$7.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	8.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$1253
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$5.66
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$3.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$3.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$2.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$5.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$7.92
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$1.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$3.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$0.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$17.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$3.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$2.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$22.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$39.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$43.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$1151

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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 Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$320
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$383
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$279
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$290
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$367
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$298
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$276
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$273
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$329
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$345
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$388
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$306
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$301
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$304
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$290
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$293
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$386
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$328
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$350
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$383
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$372
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$437
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$293
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$489
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$296
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$514
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$260
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$320
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$350
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$371
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$427
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$270
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$284
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$297
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$388
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$334
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$248
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$293