Dammam vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$727
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1874
🏠 One person rent	$475	$352
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$652
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$251
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$46.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$686
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	40	61
😀 Quality of life	74	67
🏙️ Population	903K	1.99M

The cost of living in Dammam is 45% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 5127th and 6769th ($1056 vs $727) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Belarus, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 1259th and 3750th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Minsk

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	Dammam	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.21
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$423
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$280
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$818
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$534
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$32.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	14.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$1925
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$1211
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$15.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$3.73
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$6.31
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$3.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$7.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$2.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$31.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$4.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$12.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$10220

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$570
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$438
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1261
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$474
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$936
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$300
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$435
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$843
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$847
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1150
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$440
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$882
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$950
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$761
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1016
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$935
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$479
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$840
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$469
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1025
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$953
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$965
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$433
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$964
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$933
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$394
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$510
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$804
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$882
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1113
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1025
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1107
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1299
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$835
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$850