Dammam vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$475	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$3560
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	40	90
😀 Quality of life	74	93
🏙️ Population	903K	1.51M

The cost of living in Dammam is 52% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5127th and 1352nd ($1056 vs $2201) 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 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 1259th and 54th 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	$6.65	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560