Dammam vs Multan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Multan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$392
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1005
🏠 One person rent	$475	$140
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$304
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$173
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$39.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$197
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	0 km
🎓 Higher education	40	29
😀 Quality of life	74	21
🏙️ Population	903K	1.87M

The cost of living in Dammam is 169% more expensive than in Multan. Cities ranked 5127th and 8975th ($1056 vs $392) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 7th in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.5 months in Multan. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Multan ranked 15th in Pakistan, while ranked 1259th and 8811th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Multan

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	Dammam	Multan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$2.72
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$6.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$109
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$67.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$256
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$52.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$81.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$11.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	17.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$1478
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$654
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$7.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$6.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$3.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$1.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$1.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$14.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$2.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$8.01
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$2.07
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$15.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$69.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$1778

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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 Multan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Khanewal	$361
77 km or 48 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
93 km or 58 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
122 km or 76 mi	Burewala	$356
147 km or 91 mi	Jhang	$292
161 km or 100 mi	Gojra	$342
197 km or 123 mi	Sahiwal	$305
207 km or 129 mi	Okara	$300
209 km or 130 mi	Faisalabad	$306
225 km or 140 mi	Chiniot	$389
241 km or 150 mi	Sargodha	$458
298 km or 185 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
299 km or 186 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Bikaner	$297
317 km or 197 mi	Lahore	$411
331 km or 205 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
332 km or 206 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Gujranwala	$308
358 km or 223 mi	Jacobabad	$325
363 km or 226 mi	Amritsar	$383
365 km or 227 mi	Gujrat	$373
373 km or 232 mi	Sukkur	$339
376 km or 234 mi	Khost	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Kohat	$379
391 km or 243 mi	Sialkot	$281
394 km or 245 mi	Mirpur	$354
409 km or 254 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
417 km or 259 mi	Jalandhar	$358
418 km or 260 mi	Islamabad	$442
420 km or 261 mi	Wah	$382
423 km or 263 mi	Peshawar	$346
424 km or 263 mi	Quetta	$266
427 km or 266 mi	Larkana	$338
430 km or 267 mi	Gardez	$386
431 km or 268 mi	Jammu	$287
432 km or 268 mi	Ludhiana	$441
433 km or 269 mi	Hisar	$251
444 km or 276 mi	Jodhpur	$366
450 km or 279 mi	Mardan	$366
463 km or 288 mi	Sikar	$350