Dammam vs Reykjavik - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Reykjavik
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$2938
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$5875
🏠 One person rent	$475	$1801
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$2674
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$827
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$90.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$3761
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	40	53
😀 Quality of life	74	89
🏙️ Population	903K	140K

The cost of living in Dammam is 64% less expensive than in Reykjavik. Cities ranked 5127th and 200th ($1056 vs $2938) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th 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 2.3 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 1259th and 194th 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	$6.65	$21.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$137
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$17.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$10.8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$5.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$3.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$1650
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$2869
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$2456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$42.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$64.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$71.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	9.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$6649
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$5599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$4.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$75.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$26.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$3.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.24
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$5.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$20.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$1.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$2.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$21.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$3.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$4.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$3.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$73.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$82.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$45.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$128
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$162
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$279
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$2532

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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 Reykjavik

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	Kopavogur	$2802
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Hafnarfjorur	$2817
38 km or 24 mi	Keflavik	$2355
247 km or 153 mi	Akureyri	$2678
795 km or 494 mi	Torshavn	$1828
1204 km or 748 mi	Inverness	$1722
1230 km or 764 mi	Elgin	$1393
1300 km or 808 mi	Derry	$1390
1309 km or 813 mi	Greenock	$1601
1321 km or 821 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
1325 km or 823 mi	Perth	$1500
1328 km or 825 mi	Stirling	$1604
1331 km or 827 mi	Paisley	$1765
1333 km or 828 mi	Alloa	$1649
1337 km or 831 mi	Glasgow	$2011
1339 km or 832 mi	Dundee	$1482
1340 km or 833 mi	Omagh	$1562
1341 km or 833 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
1342 km or 834 mi	Irvine	$1551
1348 km or 838 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
1349 km or 838 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
1351 km or 839 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
1353 km or 841 mi	Hamilton	$1699
1357 km or 843 mi	Ayr	$1404
1360 km or 845 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
1365 km or 848 mi	Livingston	$1608
1372 km or 852 mi	Edinburgh	$2140
1382 km or 859 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
1387 km or 862 mi	Belfast	$1755
1390 km or 864 mi	Bangor	$1382
1391 km or 864 mi	Lisburn	$1713
1401 km or 871 mi	Alesund	$1603
1413 km or 878 mi	Galway	$2297
1425 km or 886 mi	Dundalk	$1767
1431 km or 889 mi	Dumfries	$1246
1433 km or 891 mi	Nuuk	$2031
1441 km or 895 mi	Molde	$1813
1454 km or 903 mi	Kristiansund	$1700
1455 km or 904 mi	Drogheda	$2628
1455 km or 904 mi	Bergen	$2006