Dammam vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dammam	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1037	$2499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2479	$5815
🏠 One person rent	$494	$1483
🏘️ Family rent	$812	$2594
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$601
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$248
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1994	$4507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	40	90
😀 Quality of life	76	94
🏙️ Population	903K	1.51M

The cost of living in Dammam is 59% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5399th and 889th ($1037 vs $2499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Germany, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Dammam compared to 1.8 months in Munich. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 1421st and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Munich

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	Dammam	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.6	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$85.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.68	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.95	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$1499
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$335	$1182
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$2689
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$2147
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.1	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$295
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$43.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.02%	3.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$940	$12913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$832	$8949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$4.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$70.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$29.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$4.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$2.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$4.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.46	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$10.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.85	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$2.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.34	$1.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81.5	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$16.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$81.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.81	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.9	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$420	$1039
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7883	$16629

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$931
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1192
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1309
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$823
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1109
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$928
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$2014
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$465
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$489
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$523
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1632
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$545
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$707
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$565
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$541
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$492
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$547
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$556
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$487
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$861
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2420
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1473
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2183
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$571
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$476
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$931
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2008
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1954
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1994
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1967
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1943
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1925
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1918
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1771
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1877
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1806
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1790
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1890
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1827
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1864
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1316
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1853
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1840
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1983
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1881
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1785
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1707
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1877
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1819
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1707
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1766
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1867
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1635
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2117
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1638
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1735
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1904
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1726
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1696
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1724
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1759
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1698
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1693
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1699
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2009
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1748