Dammam vs Madrid - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Madrid
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1781
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$4027
🏠 One person rent	$475	$1048
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$1736
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$445
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$2294
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	40	98
😀 Quality of life	74	90
🏙️ Population	903K	3.42M

The cost of living in Dammam is 41% less expensive than in Madrid. Cities ranked 5127th and 2443rd ($1056 vs $1781) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 5th in Saudi Arabia and Spain, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.3 months in Madrid. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Madrid ranked 1st in Spain, while ranked 1259th and 151st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Madrid

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	Dammam	Madrid
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$57
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$4.36
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1203
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$853
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$1428
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$94
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$145
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$30.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$6884
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$3988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$32.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$15.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$8.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$6.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$10.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$58.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$80.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$576
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$10042

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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 Madrid

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Pozuelo de Alarcon	$1565
11 km or 6.7 mi	Coslada	$1530
14 km or 8.5 mi	Alcobendas	$1433
18 km or 11 mi	Mostoles	$1573
18 km or 11 mi	Fuenlabrada	$1389
18 km or 11 mi	Torrejon de Ardoz	$1387
21 km or 13 mi	Tres Cantos	$1309
29 km or 18 mi	Alcala de Henares	$1293
50 km or 31 mi	Guadalajara	$1056
68 km or 42 mi	Toledo	$1204
69 km or 43 mi	Segovia	$1285
138 km or 86 mi	Cuenca	$1084
155 km or 97 mi	Laguna de Duero	$1201
158 km or 98 mi	Villarrobledo	$1235
162 km or 101 mi	Valladolid	$1212
177 km or 110 mi	Salamanca	$1086
196 km or 122 mi	Puertollano	$812
208 km or 129 mi	Plasencia	$1098
211 km or 131 mi	Zamora	$1286
215 km or 133 mi	Burgos	$1107
223 km or 139 mi	Albacete	$1209
242 km or 150 mi	Villanueva de la Serena	$1157
244 km or 151 mi	Requena	$1261
250 km or 156 mi	Logrono	$983
251 km or 156 mi	Caceres	$947
253 km or 157 mi	Tudela	$1241
258 km or 160 mi	Linares	$1220
269 km or 167 mi	Ubeda	$1316
272 km or 169 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
281 km or 175 mi	Merida	$1126
283 km or 176 mi	Vitoria-Gasteiz	$1532
288 km or 179 mi	Leon	$1241
295 km or 183 mi	Jaen	$930
296 km or 184 mi	Jumilla	$1241
297 km or 184 mi	Cordoba	$1100
298 km or 185 mi	Yecla	$1324
299 km or 186 mi	Braganca	$806
301 km or 187 mi	Martos	$1204
302 km or 187 mi	Caravaca de la Cruz	$1221
302 km or 188 mi	Valencia	$1522