Dammam vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$475	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1589
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	40	94
😀 Quality of life	74	86
🏙️ Population	903K	4.04M

The cost of living in Dammam is 2% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 5127th and 5000th ($1056 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Taiwan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 1259th and 302nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs New Taipei

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	Dammam	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$18855

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581