Dammam vs Riga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Riga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1113
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2787
🏠 One person rent	$475	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$924
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$75.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1303
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	40	61
😀 Quality of life	74	79
🏙️ Population	903K	605K

The cost of living in Dammam is 5% less expensive than in Riga. Cities ranked 5127th and 4764th ($1056 vs $1113) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Latvia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Latvia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.2 months in Riga. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Riga ranked 1st in Latvia, while ranked 1259th and 596th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Riga

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	Dammam	Riga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$11.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$7.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$473
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$316
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$915
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$586
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$168
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$255
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	4.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$2774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$1723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$33
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$8.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.31
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$11.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.37
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$7.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$5.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$4.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$10
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$13840

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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 Riga

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Jurmala	$1299
34 km or 21 mi	Ogre	$933
40 km or 25 mi	Jelgava	$804
103 km or 64 mi	Valmiera	$835
118 km or 74 mi	Jekabpils	$840
123 km or 77 mi	Siauliai	$953
129 km or 80 mi	Mazeikiai	$983
137 km or 85 mi	Panevezys	$950
161 km or 100 mi	Ventspils	$869
161 km or 100 mi	Parnu	$1064
174 km or 108 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
181 km or 112 mi	Viljandi	$933
186 km or 115 mi	Utena	$936
190 km or 118 mi	Daugavpils	$843
195 km or 121 mi	Liepaja	$953
203 km or 126 mi	Rezekne	$761
209 km or 130 mi	Jonava	$847
223 km or 138 mi	Tartu	$1045
228 km or 142 mi	Kaunas	$1150
229 km or 142 mi	Klaipeda	$969
262 km or 163 mi	Vilnius	$1261
270 km or 168 mi	Marijampole	$882
271 km or 168 mi	Pskov	$467
279 km or 174 mi	Tallinn	$1414
283 km or 176 mi	Alytus	$850
286 km or 178 mi	Maardu	$1219
298 km or 185 mi	Rakvere	$899
327 km or 203 mi	Suwalki	$1016
330 km or 205 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
335 km or 208 mi	Kaliningrad	$741
339 km or 211 mi	Raseborg	$1441
347 km or 215 mi	Sillamae	$952
353 km or 219 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
357 km or 222 mi	Visby	$1273
361 km or 225 mi	Narva	$953
362 km or 225 mi	Helsinki	$1816
364 km or 226 mi	Espoo	$1879
365 km or 227 mi	Grodno	$385
365 km or 227 mi	Elk	$1025
367 km or 228 mi	Lohja	$1220