Dammam vs Nizhny Novgorod - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Nizhny Novgorod
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$2140
🏠 One person rent	$458	$430
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$50.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$721
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	40	46
😀 Quality of life	78	60
🏙️ Population	903K	1.2M

The cost of living in Dammam is 14% more expensive than in Nizhny Novgorod. Cities ranked 5502nd and 6322nd ($1008 vs $882) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 14th in Saudi Arabia and Russia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 0.8 months in Nizhny Novgorod. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Nizhny Novgorod ranked 14th in Russia, while ranked 1077th and 5937th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Nizhny Novgorod

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	Dammam	Nizhny Novgorod
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$5.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$2.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$320
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$67.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$105
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$7.16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	18.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$1848
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$6.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$0.73
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.31
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$8.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$3.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$16
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$5.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$129
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$327
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$3800

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$908
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1230
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1237
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$873
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1201
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$930
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1770
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1849
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$453
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$477
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$503
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1627
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$530
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$730
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$553
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$529
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$483
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$530
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$549
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$463
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$889
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2514
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1419
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2521
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$571
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$459
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$967
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517

Cities near Nizhny Novgorod

Distance	City	Cost of living
36 km or 22 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
198 km or 123 mi	Ivanovo	$615
202 km or 125 mi	Cheboksary	$772
223 km or 139 mi	Vladimir	$650
241 km or 150 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
245 km or 152 mi	Kostroma	$765
250 km or 155 mi	Saransk	$719
290 km or 180 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
323 km or 200 mi	Kazan	$868
331 km or 205 mi	Ryazan	$692
350 km or 217 mi	Elektrostal	$863
353 km or 220 mi	Penza	$537
355 km or 221 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
366 km or 227 mi	Rybinsk	$678
380 km or 236 mi	Balashikha	$898
386 km or 240 mi	Korolyov	$831
387 km or 240 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
391 km or 243 mi	Mytishchi	$800
402 km or 250 mi	Moscow	$1438
403 km or 250 mi	Vologda	$544
410 km or 255 mi	Khimki	$914
415 km or 258 mi	Podolsk	$876
418 km or 260 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
421 km or 262 mi	Kirov	$536
434 km or 270 mi	Tambov	$672
453 km or 281 mi	Syzran	$692
466 km or 289 mi	Tolyatti	$686
469 km or 291 mi	Tula	$837
477 km or 297 mi	Cherepovets	$543
482 km or 300 mi	Obninsk	$671
492 km or 305 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
498 km or 310 mi	Tver	$727
501 km or 311 mi	Lipetsk	$570
522 km or 324 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
525 km or 326 mi	Samara	$796
527 km or 328 mi	Kaluga	$582
536 km or 333 mi	Balakovo	$658
544 km or 338 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
549 km or 341 mi	Saratov	$783
558 km or 347 mi	Engels	$758