Dammam vs New York City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dammam	New York City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$989	$4051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2504	$8925
🏠 One person rent	$419	$2620
🏘️ Family rent	$757	$4454
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$807
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$399
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2391	$5777
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	39	100
😀 Quality of life	73	97
🏙️ Population	903K	8.8M

The cost of living in Dammam is 76% less expensive than in New York City. Cities ranked 5777th and 5th ($989 vs $4051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in Saudi Arabia and the United States, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Dammam compared to 1.4 months in New York City. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs New York City ranked 2nd in the United States, while ranked 1641st and 13th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs New York City

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	Dammam	New York City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.51	$24.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.2	$111
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$9.78
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$6.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$3.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$2702
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$2361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$5005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$3996
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$122
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.5	$69.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	6.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1159	$19111
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1119	$3215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.06	$2.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.2	$138
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$27.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$6.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$5.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$5.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$5.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$2.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$20.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$3.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$17.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.16	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$10
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$7.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$144
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$19.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$156
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$25.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$417	$1717
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8345	$20585

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$870
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1226
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1267
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$878
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1218
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$928
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1719
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1810
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$548
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$541
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$537
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1586
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$561
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$713
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$558
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$556
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$507
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$546
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$557
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$489
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$879
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2309
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1503
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2084
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$588
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$490
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$940
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547

Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2510
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3280
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3002
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2857
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2634
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3168
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2611
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2701
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2414
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2671
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2715
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2165
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2605
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2575
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2733
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2479
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2664
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2722
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2493
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2635
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2622
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2607
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2762
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2590
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2424
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2641
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2778
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2646
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2760
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2702
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2732
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2721
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2691
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2454
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2586
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2811
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2771
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2578
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2553
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3108