Dammam vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Dammam	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1005	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2432	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$432	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$645	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$343	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2103	$626
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	39	43
😀 Quality of life	71	63
🏙️ Population	903K	1.08M

The cost of living in Dammam is 23% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5279th and 6335th ($1005 vs $814) 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 2.1 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 2267th and 4845th 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	$6.4	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.59	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.62	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$307	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$300	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$642	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$440	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.2	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.4	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.04%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1145	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1121	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.9	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$10.7	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.39	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.37	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.33	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.14	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.01	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.92	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.29	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$83.2	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.4	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.78	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$457	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8580	$8086

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$959
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1327
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1375
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$868
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1285
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$910
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1810
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1872
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$646
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$621
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$606
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1642
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$798
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$710
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$606
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$890
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$541
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$604
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$543
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1936
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$561
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$875
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2229
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1612
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$1841
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$559
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$522
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$1013
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$543

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651