Dammam vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Dammam	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1008	$3268
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2457	$6787
🏠 One person rent	$458	$2025
🏘️ Family rent	$760	$3029
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$894
🚐 Transport expenses	$133	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2256	$4361
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	40	52
😀 Quality of life	78	91
🏙️ Population	903K	140K

The cost of living in Dammam is 69% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 5502nd and 88th ($1008 vs $3268) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 7th and 1st in Saudi Arabia and Iceland, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Iceland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dammam compared to 1.3 months in Reykjavik. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 1077th and 191st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Reykjavik

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	Dammam	Reykjavik
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.42	$27.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.4	$79.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.76	$20.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.87	$13
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.8	$3.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$2075
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$321	$1851
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$3279
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$578	$2774
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71	$45.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$109	$70.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.8	$84
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.32%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1114	$8015
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$988	$6578
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$5.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.4	$88.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$28.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.63	$2.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.26	$4.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$3.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.21	$6.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$19.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.86	$25
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$41.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$5.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$25.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$3.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.93	$13.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.17	$12.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.9	$5.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$5.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.4	$88.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.2	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$46
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.5	$144
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.5	$194
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$418	$352
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8640	$30378

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3175
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3148
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2596
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2990
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2077
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2021
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1507
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1551
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1575
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1769
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1641
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1711
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1837
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1762
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2058
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1480
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1703
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1619
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1630
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1840
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1527
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1728
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1797
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1522
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1768
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1775
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2310
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1808
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1884
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1484
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1879
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1797
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2768
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1955
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1485
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2217
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1986
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1887
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2902
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2242