Dammam vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$974
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$2438
🏠 One person rent	$475	$497
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$991
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$268
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$947
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	40	81
😀 Quality of life	74	67
🏙️ Population	903K	5.6M

The cost of living in Dammam is 8% more expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 5127th and 5668th ($1056 vs $974) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 2nd in Saudi Arabia and Russia, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 1259th and 3598th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Saint Petersburg

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	Dammam	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$8.04
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$3.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$622
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$1265
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$775
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$71.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$6.26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	22.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$3479
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$2360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$41.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$6.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$9.18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$8.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$1.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$0.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$5.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$3.89
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$97.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$353
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$7571

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$953
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$952
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1095
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1295
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$973
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1329
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1286
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1355
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1162
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$899
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1308
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1327
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$467
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1045
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1398
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1486
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1051
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1533
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1671
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1471
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1509
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$550
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1816
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1219
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1479
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1323
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$1879
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1443
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1414
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$933
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1509
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1309
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1220
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1394
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1445
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1382
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1544
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1064
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1441