Dammam vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$809
🏠 One person rent	$458	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	40	47
😀 Quality of life	78	43
🏙️ Population	903K	1.97M

The cost of living in Dammam is 201% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 5502nd and 9121st ($1008 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 21st in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 1077th and 7430th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Peshawar

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	Dammam	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$2261

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684