Dammam vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$475	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$893
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	40	54
😀 Quality of life	74	66
🏙️ Population	903K	8.78M

The cost of living in Dammam is 64% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5127th and 7256th ($1056 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 118th in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 1259th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Quanzhou

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	Dammam	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936