Dammam vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$1312
🏠 One person rent	$458	$172
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$293
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$170
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$43
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$250
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	40	46
😀 Quality of life	78	57
🏙️ Population	903K	3M

The cost of living in Dammam is 101% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 5502nd and 8663rd ($1008 vs $503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 66th in Saudi Arabia and Iran, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 0.5 months in Mashhad. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 1077th and 6167th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Mashhad

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	Dammam	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$19.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$1.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$244
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$8.48
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$12.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$15.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	20.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$1174
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$736
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$4.33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$4.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.78
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$2.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$0.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$3.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$5.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$94.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$21.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$45.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$623

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$496
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$502
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$493
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$506
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$512
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1774
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1833
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$489
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1654
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1796
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$509
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$588
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$467
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$564
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$658
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$432
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$542
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$433
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$643
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$501
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$558
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1770
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$512
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$372
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$530
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$439
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$477
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$545
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$598
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$761
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$604
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$588
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$607
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$628
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$622
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$684