Dammam vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Dammam	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$989	$1750
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2504	$4293
🏠 One person rent	$419	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$757	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$327	$489
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$171
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2391	$1885
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	39	92
😀 Quality of life	73	86
🏙️ Population	903K	2.75M

The cost of living in Dammam is 44% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 5777th and 2722nd ($989 vs $1750) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Italy, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months in Dammam compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 1641st and 294th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Rome

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	Dammam	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.51	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.2	$64.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.92	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$5.57
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$2.25
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$1074
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$281	$679
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$662	$2242
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$560	$1322
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.5	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$215
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.5	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	4.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1159	$7363
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1119	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.06	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.2	$38.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.7
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.49	$4.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.46	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$17.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.26	$2.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.32	$2.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.13	$4.91
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.72	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.06	$7.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.16	$9.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.91	$4.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.57	$3.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.35	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$77.9	$57
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.1	$123
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.76	$21
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.7	$70.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.6	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$417	$513
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8345	$10781

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Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$870
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1226
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1267
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$878
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1218
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$928
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1719
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1810
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$548
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$541
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$537
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1586
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$561
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$713
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$558
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$556
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$507
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$546
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$557
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$489
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$879
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2309
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1503
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2084
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$588
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$490
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$940
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$547

Cities near Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$928
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1654
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1492
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1427
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1316
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1400
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1324
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1545
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1277
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1061
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1058
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1117
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1168
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1424
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1268
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1034
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1129
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1188
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1363
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1340
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1148
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1148
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1301
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1259
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1320
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1294
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1249
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1323
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1601
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$1212
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1231
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1449
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1342
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1199
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1400
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1208
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1240
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1632
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1262