Dammam vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dammam	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1059	$3205
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2518	$6762
🏠 One person rent	$514	$1954
🏘️ Family rent	$842	$2956
🍽️ Food expenses	$313	$904
🚐 Transport expenses	$127	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1923	$4423
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	40	53
😀 Quality of life	75	88
🏙️ Population	903K	139K

The cost of living in Dammam is 67% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 5152nd and 119th ($1059 vs $3205) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th 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 1.8 months in Dammam compared to 1.4 months in Reykjavik. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Reykjavik ranked 1st in Iceland, while ranked 1491st and 258th 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	$7.52	$28.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.3	$97.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.72	$20
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$13.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.86	$6.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.77	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$504	$2129
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$337	$1743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$874	$3328
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$604	$2660
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.6	$52.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$80.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$82
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.83%	8.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1087	$7748
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$803	$6175
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.96	$5.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$90.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$28.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.75	$2.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.32	$4.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$6.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.47	$20.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$24.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$44.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$3.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$5.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.84	$23.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$3.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.77	$13.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.19	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.89	$5.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.55	$5.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.33	$3.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$73.7	$90.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$19.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$92.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.81	$47.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.3	$146
👟 Brand Sneakers	$96.8	$178
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$420	$472
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7969	$30029

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$965
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1218
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1340
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$778
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1062
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$917
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$2015
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$2100
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$454
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$457
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$471
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1628
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$494
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$703
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$505
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$497
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$469
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$485
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$522
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$459
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$861
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2470
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1543
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2356
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$548
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$452
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$938
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$487

Cities near Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$3092
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$3106
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2581
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2921
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$2017
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$2005
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1523
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1646
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1647
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1806
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1640
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1835
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1885
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1842
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2114
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1593
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1763
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1611
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1704
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1878
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1600
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1750
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1831
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1586
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1794
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1760
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2295
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1820
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1878
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1485
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1923
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$2021
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$3003
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$2264
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1456
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2508
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$2101
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1944
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2518
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2336