Dammam vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$475	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$3146
😷 Air quality	Bad	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	40	99
😀 Quality of life	74	95
🏙️ Population	903K	2.15M

The cost of living in Dammam is 53% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5127th and 1222nd ($1056 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and France, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 1259th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Paris

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	Dammam	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$16193

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293