Dammam vs Rawalpindi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Rawalpindi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$401
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$1010
🏠 One person rent	$475	$150
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$317
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$42.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$170
😷 Air quality	Bad	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	40	68
😀 Quality of life	74	46
🏙️ Population	903K	2.1M

The cost of living in Dammam is 163% more expensive than in Rawalpindi. Cities ranked 5127th and 8953rd ($1056 vs $401) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 5th in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 0.4 months in Rawalpindi. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Rawalpindi ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 1259th and 6500th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Rawalpindi

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	Dammam	Rawalpindi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$13.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$1.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$113
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$58
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$341
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$169
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$63.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$97.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	19.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$747
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$421
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$9.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$6.42
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$3.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$4.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$0.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$0.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$1.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$0.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$0.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$3.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$12.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$2.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$10.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$37.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$1075

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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 Rawalpindi

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Islamabad	$442
40 km or 25 mi	Wah	$382
82 km or 51 mi	Mirpur	$354
116 km or 72 mi	Mardan	$366
120 km or 75 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
135 km or 84 mi	Baramulla	$273
146 km or 90 mi	Mingora	$364
148 km or 92 mi	Gujrat	$373
151 km or 94 mi	Kohat	$379
152 km or 94 mi	Peshawar	$346
170 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$354
173 km or 107 mi	Sargodha	$458
180 km or 112 mi	Hafizabad	$380
183 km or 114 mi	Sialkot	$281
192 km or 119 mi	Jammu	$287
192 km or 119 mi	Gujranwala	$308
210 km or 130 mi	Chiniot	$389
211 km or 131 mi	Kamoke	$321
228 km or 142 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
243 km or 151 mi	Faisalabad	$306
257 km or 160 mi	Lahore	$411
258 km or 160 mi	Jalalabad	$303
269 km or 167 mi	Jhang	$292
275 km or 171 mi	Gojra	$342
276 km or 172 mi	Sahiwal	$305
277 km or 172 mi	Amritsar	$383
283 km or 176 mi	Pathankot	$355
294 km or 183 mi	Khost	$366
312 km or 194 mi	Okara	$300
346 km or 215 mi	Jalandhar	$358
355 km or 221 mi	Gardez	$386
374 km or 232 mi	Kabul	$474
382 km or 238 mi	Khanewal	$361
385 km or 239 mi	Burewala	$356
397 km or 247 mi	Ludhiana	$441
409 km or 254 mi	Multan	$392
430 km or 267 mi	Ghazni	$389
457 km or 284 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
474 km or 294 mi	Chandigarh	$369
475 km or 295 mi	Shimla	$272