Dammam vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$458	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	40	96
😀 Quality of life	78	73
🏙️ Population	903K	13.3M

The cost of living in Dammam is 30% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5502nd and 4141st ($1008 vs $1438) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Russia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 1077th and 2664th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Moscow

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	Dammam	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772