Dammam vs Maseru - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Maseru
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1508
🏠 One person rent	$475	$219
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$305
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$39.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$611
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	40	16
😀 Quality of life	74	13
🏙️ Population	903K	344K

The cost of living in Dammam is 70% more expensive than in Maseru. Cities ranked 5127th and 7441st ($1056 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Lesotho, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Lesotho comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1 months in Maseru. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Maseru ranked 1st in Lesotho, while ranked 1259th and 9104th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Maseru

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	Dammam	Maseru
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.59
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$1.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$125
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$63.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$150
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$117
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$180
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$26.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	8.53%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$27.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$5.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$5.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$5.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$5.77
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$3.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$4.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$12.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$2.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$41
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$46.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$1063

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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 Maseru

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 19 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
61 km or 38 mi	Mafeteng	$567
94 km or 58 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
125 km or 78 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
165 km or 103 mi	Welkom	$748
187 km or 116 mi	Kroonstad	$768
272 km or 169 mi	Kimberley	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Mthatha	$852
283 km or 176 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
286 km or 178 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
291 km or 181 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
292 km or 182 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
294 km or 182 mi	Komani	$915
296 km or 184 mi	Vereeniging	$672
341 km or 212 mi	Soweto	$923
348 km or 216 mi	Durban	$809
350 km or 217 mi	Johannesburg	$993
353 km or 219 mi	Springs	$678
357 km or 222 mi	Benoni	$785
361 km or 224 mi	Sandton	$953
361 km or 225 mi	Randburg	$837
366 km or 227 mi	Vryheid	$763
372 km or 231 mi	Bethal	$784
390 km or 242 mi	Centurion	$807
394 km or 245 mi	Bhisho	$1332
402 km or 250 mi	Pretoria	$906
406 km or 252 mi	Rustenburg	$889
410 km or 255 mi	East London	$766
412 km or 256 mi	Brits	$820
426 km or 264 mi	Mmabatho	$780
440 km or 274 mi	Middelburg	$795
453 km or 281 mi	Makhanda	$763
489 km or 304 mi	Lobatse	$665
491 km or 305 mi	Mbabane	$562
495 km or 307 mi	Manzini	$442
525 km or 326 mi	Kanye	$664
532 km or 330 mi	Uitenhage	$840
540 km or 336 mi	Gaborone	$691
547 km or 340 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
580 km or 360 mi	Molepolole	$628