Dammam vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dammam	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$989	$649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2504	$1654
🏠 One person rent	$419	$294
🏘️ Family rent	$757	$574
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$45.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2391	$554
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	39	49
😀 Quality of life	73	58
🏙️ Population	903K	1.63M

The cost of living in Dammam is 52% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 5777th and 7298th ($989 vs $649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 26th in Saudi Arabia and Russia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Dammam compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Novosibirsk ranked 8th in Russia, while ranked 1641st and 5501st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Novosibirsk

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	Dammam	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.51	$6.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.2	$32.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$4.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.98
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$698
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$438
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$50.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$77.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.5	$6.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	11.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1159	$1841
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1119	$1077
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.06	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.2	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$2.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$8.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$7.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$1.6
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$6.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$2.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.16	$6.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$31.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$21.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$3.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$80.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$417	$234
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8345	$3795

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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 Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$619
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$495
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$519
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$541
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$562
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$357
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$556
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$556
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$605
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$550
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$555
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$406
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$669
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$628
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$615
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$586
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$575
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$780
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$534
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$612
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$630
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$595
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$622
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$628
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$698
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$490
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$599
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$447
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$624
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$626
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$687
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$735
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$530
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$544
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$782
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$535
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$791
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585