Dammam vs Pattaya - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dammam	Pattaya
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1037	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2479	$2115
🏠 One person rent	$494	$463
🏘️ Family rent	$812	$800
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$296
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$31.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1994	$487
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	40	31
😀 Quality of life	76	59
🏙️ Population	903K	120K

The cost of living in Dammam is 19% more expensive than in Pattaya. Cities ranked 5399th and 6471st ($1037 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 4th in Saudi Arabia and Thailand, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Dammam compared to 0.6 months in Pattaya. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Pattaya ranked 3rd in Thailand, while ranked 1421st and 6065th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dammam/pattaya.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dammam vs Pattaya infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dammam/pattaya" target="_blank">Dammam vs Pattaya - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dammam vs Pattaya

Prices for goods and services in Dammam and Pattaya are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dammam	Pattaya
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.6	$3.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$32.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.68	$9.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$2.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.95	$2.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$436	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$335	$349
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$1002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.1	$55.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$85.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.3	$19.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.02%	5.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$940	$2865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$832	$1743
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.97	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$36	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$11
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.73	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.95	$1.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.33	$2.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$16.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$3.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.1	$9.85
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.45	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.46	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.73	$4.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.85	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.34	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81.5	$46.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.3	$8.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.81	$4.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$34.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.9	$98.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$420	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7883	$12044

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$931
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1192
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1309
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$823
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1109
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$928
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$2014
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$465
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$489
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$523
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1632
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$545
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$707
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$565
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$541
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$492
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$547
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$556
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$487
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$861
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2420
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1473
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2183
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$571
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$476
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$931
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529

Cities near Pattaya

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.7 km or 3.5 mi	Nong Prue	$846
16 km or 9.7 mi	Laem Chabang	$838
23 km or 14 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$823
84 km or 52 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$829
85 km or 53 mi	Klaeng	$768
85 km or 53 mi	Lat Luang	$833
98 km or 61 mi	Bangkok	$1027
110 km or 68 mi	Nonthaburi	$789
110 km or 68 mi	Hua Hin	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Pak Kret	$788
119 km or 74 mi	Rangsit	$656
130 km or 81 mi	Tha Khlong	$710
132 km or 82 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$658
184 km or 114 mi	Ko Chang	$763
237 km or 147 mi	Serei Saophoan	$629
250 km or 156 mi	Battambang	$575
255 km or 159 mi	Myeik	$562
259 km or 161 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$610
318 km or 198 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$730
324 km or 202 mi	Siem Reap	$679
340 km or 211 mi	Ko Tao	$845
372 km or 231 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$805
383 km or 238 mi	Sihanoukville	$764
396 km or 246 mi	Ko Samui	$782
435 km or 270 mi	Phitsanulok	$585
440 km or 273 mi	Khon Kaen	$621
442 km or 275 mi	Kampot	$587
450 km or 280 mi	Phu Quoc	$530
457 km or 284 mi	Surat Thani	$612
464 km or 288 mi	Phnom Penh	$882
497 km or 309 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$583
506 km or 314 mi	Kampong Cham	$501
508 km or 315 mi	Prey Veng	$760
512 km or 318 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$834
527 km or 328 mi	Mawlamyine	$571
535 km or 333 mi	Udon Thani	$581
553 km or 343 mi	Stung Treng	$652
561 km or 349 mi	Hpa-an	$593
562 km or 349 mi	Rach Gia	$535
571 km or 355 mi	Long Xuyen	$514