Dammam vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$458	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	40	53
😀 Quality of life	78	70
🏙️ Population	903K	8.78M

The cost of living in Dammam is 62% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5502nd and 7641st ($1008 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 138th in Saudi Arabia and China, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 1077th and 4086th 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	$6.42	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$9321

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941