Dammam vs Niigata - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Niigata
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1059
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2916
🏠 One person rent	$475	$425
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$941
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$147
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1530
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	40	52
😀 Quality of life	74	67
🏙️ Population	903K	791K

The cost of living in Dammam is 0.3% less expensive than in Niigata. Cities ranked 5127th and 5101st ($1056 vs $1059) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 306th in Saudi Arabia and Japan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.4 months in Niigata. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Niigata ranked 581st in Japan, while ranked 1259th and 3754th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Niigata

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	Dammam	Niigata
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$5.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$42
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.54
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.81
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$309
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$238
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$218
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$32.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	1.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$2858
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$2642
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$53
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$7.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$5.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$21.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$22.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$39.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$25.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$44.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$83.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$15118

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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 Niigata

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Agano	$1004
26 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$1011
28 km or 17 mi	Kamo	$1018
28 km or 18 mi	Tsubame	$1022
32 km or 20 mi	Sanjo	$1029
33 km or 21 mi	Gosen	$1031
37 km or 23 mi	Tainai	$1021
44 km or 27 mi	Mitsuke	$1047
52 km or 32 mi	Murakami	$1024
57 km or 35 mi	Nagaoka	$1095
60 km or 37 mi	Sado	$1034
70 km or 43 mi	Ojiya	$1076
74 km or 46 mi	Kashiwazaki	$1066
76 km or 47 mi	Uonuma	$1092
79 km or 49 mi	Kitakata	$1035
91 km or 56 mi	Nagai	$997
91 km or 56 mi	Tokamachi	$1096
91 km or 57 mi	Aizuwakamatsu	$1050
95 km or 59 mi	Yonezawa	$1002
95 km or 59 mi	Minamiuonuma	$1112
99 km or 61 mi	Nan'yo	$986
102 km or 63 mi	Takahata	$987
111 km or 69 mi	Joetsu	$1069
111 km or 69 mi	Kaminoyama	$969
113 km or 70 mi	Tsuruoka	$1029
119 km or 74 mi	Yamagata	$978
120 km or 75 mi	Sagae	$980
120 km or 75 mi	Myoko	$1047
124 km or 77 mi	Koriyama	$1082
127 km or 79 mi	Fukushima	$1008
127 km or 79 mi	Tendo	$973
128 km or 79 mi	Motomiya	$1016
128 km or 80 mi	Nihonmatsu	$1003
128 km or 80 mi	Shonai	$1038
131 km or 81 mi	Sakata	$1042
132 km or 82 mi	Higashine	$983
134 km or 83 mi	Murayama	$988
134 km or 84 mi	Date	$985
136 km or 84 mi	Shirakawa	$1065
137 km or 85 mi	Sukagawa	$1052