Dammam vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$3228
🏠 One person rent	$475	$851
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$1438
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1651
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	40	24
😀 Quality of life	74	78
🏙️ Population	903K	592K

The cost of living in Dammam is 26% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 5127th and 3759th ($1056 vs $1430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 31st 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 1.2 months in Malaga. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Malaga ranked 19th in Spain, while ranked 1259th and 708th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Malaga

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	Dammam	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$47.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$9.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$2.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$969
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$689
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1741
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$76.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$29.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$6060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$2594
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$1.46
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$27.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$7.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$5.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$2.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$8.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$13.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$75.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$87
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$9532

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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 Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1178
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2040
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1316
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$945
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$893
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1395
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$895
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1164
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2087
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1201
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$889
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1204
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1141
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1073
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$930
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1196
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1100
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1197
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1004
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1164
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$517
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1255
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$679
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1220
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1359
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1316
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1358
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1170
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1165
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$801
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$449