Dammam vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$458	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	40	42
😀 Quality of life	78	68
🏙️ Population	903K	1.08M

The cost of living in Dammam is 38% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5502nd and 6947th ($1008 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 4th in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 1077th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Nur-Sultan

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	Dammam	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$5235

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525